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(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Contrary to a commonly held belief, Jews living in Iran find it easier to practice their religion today than they did prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, according to a longtime leader of the Jewish community in Tehran. Speaking live via Zoom on Sunday — Shushan Purim — from the land of Queen Esther and the Megillah, Arash Abaie, a civil engineer and prominent Jewish educator, cantor, Torah reader and scholar, explained why he believes Jews living in the country have intensified their religious observance over the past four decades. Abaie s...

March 5, 2021 10:59 am Arash Abaie, top right, a leader of the Tehran Jewish community, is interviewed via Zoom by Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University, top left, Feb. 28, 2021. Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, dean of the university's Center for the Jewish Future, which sponsored the program, is below. (Screenshot) Advertisement (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Contrary to a commonly held belief, Jews living in Iran find it easier to practice their religion today than they did prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, according to a lo...