Once maligned, Iran's Jews find greater acceptance
gallery_thumbs_close|article-gallery-5920209|article-gallery-5920209|0/ YAZD, Iran — More than a thousand people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimage like many others in the Islamic Republic — until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes. Iran, a home for Jews for more than 3,000 years, has the Middle East’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel, a perennial foe of the country. But while Iran’s Jews in recent years had their faith continually criticized by the country’s ...
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