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>> synagogues Do they still operate or are they remnants of pre-revolutionary times? I don't see how they can operate in a state whose publicly stated goal is

by m0zg 7y ago

>> synagogues Do they still operate or are they remnants of pre-revolutionary times? I don't see how they can operate in a state whose publicly stated goal is to "wipe Israel from the face of the Earth".

detaro 7y ago
They still operate, Iran doesn't seem to make it easy but also doesn't totally suppress them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran#Islamic_Republic_(since_1979) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran#Is...
- m0zg 7y ago
  Can you imagine the courage it'd take to go to one under the circumstances? Wow.
alasdair_ 7y ago
The article has several paragraphs on the synagogues and how they operate today. Jews were wearing skullcaps in the streets and there were apparently several operating synagogues. The article also mentioned that the buildings are unadorned from the outside, and that the website for the synagogue he attended had text on it condemning the Israeli government for the 2008 Gaza atrocities, so it's not completely unencumbered.
sykick 7y ago
Iranians I've talked to say they have no problem with Judaism. Their issue is Zionism. The distinction is lost in the West but not in the Middle East. Arab Jews who were forced to leave their countries for Israel had a hard time integrating into Israel and there are still problems in Israel over this as I understand it.
Bendingo 7y ago
Iran's issue with Israel is not related to Judaism. It's important to distinguish between anti-zionism and anti-semitism. Iran is the former but not the latter.
- m0zg 7y ago
  I don't see how calling for the destruction of sovereign Jewish state is OK (or even constructive) in any shape or form, I'm sorry. Nor do I see how _funding Hezbollah_ to shoot rockets into that state is OK, either. Or how slaughtering thousands of protesters is OK. You don't have to support this garbage just because Trump droned their second in command.
  - bdamm 7y ago
    Israel is not Judaism. I don't like military action either but let's not get confused about what the target of the missiles were.

by m0zg 7y ago

detaro 7y ago

They still operate, Iran doesn't seem to make it easy but also doesn't totally suppress them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran#Islamic_Republic_(since_1979) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran#Is...

m0zg 7y ago
Can you imagine the courage it'd take to go to one under the circumstances? Wow.

alasdair_ 7y ago

The article has several paragraphs on the synagogues and how they operate today. Jews were wearing skullcaps in the streets and there were apparently several operating synagogues. The article also mentioned that the buildings are unadorned from the outside, and that the website for the synagogue he attended had text on it condemning the Israeli government for the 2008 Gaza atrocities, so it's not completely unencumbered.

sykick 7y ago

Iranians I've talked to say they have no problem with Judaism. Their issue is Zionism. The distinction is lost in the West but not in the Middle East. Arab Jews who were forced to leave their countries for Israel had a hard time integrating into Israel and there are still problems in Israel over this as I understand it.

Bendingo 7y ago

Iran's issue with Israel is not related to Judaism. It's important to distinguish between anti-zionism and anti-semitism. Iran is the former but not the latter.

m0zg 7y ago
I don't see how calling for the destruction of sovereign Jewish state is OK (or even constructive) in any shape or form, I'm sorry. Nor do I see how _funding Hezbollah_ to shoot rockets into that state is OK, either. Or how slaughtering thousands of protesters is OK. You don't have to support this garbage just because Trump droned their second in command.
- bdamm 7y ago
  Israel is not Judaism. I don't like military action either but let's not get confused about what the target of the missiles were.