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This 89-year-old Iranian Jew arrived just before U.S. borders were shut to all refugees. Hundreds more Iranian Jews are waiting

JL;DR SUMMARY An 89-year-old Jewish Iranian refugee named David managed to enter the U.S. just days before the country shut its doors to refugees under a new executive order by President Donald Trump. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationIranJewish ImmigrantsRefugeesHiasReligious PersecutionIranian JewsJewish Family ServicesVisa ChallengesDavid's Story

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San Francisco, California, United States
"A 2009 rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran at San Francisco City Hall."
Hillsborough, California, United States
"David arrived in the Bay Area on Jan. 18 to join his niece, who lives in Hillsborough and has been in the country for more than 30 years."
San Mateo, California, United States
"On his first Shabbat in America, David accompanied his niece to Chabad North Peninsula in San Mateo, where she is a regular."
California, United States
"Today an estimated 385,000 live in the U.S., according to a 2019 report by the Migration Policy Institute; more than half of them live in California."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"David, an 89-year-old Iranian Jewish refugee, landed in Washington, D.C., last month on a plane with 17 fellow Iranians fleeing religious persecution."
Iran
"David was unable to sell his house in Iran, and even if he had, the conversion rate for the Iranian currency is so bad, he would have been left with practically no money."
Vienna, Austria
"when the first Trump administration shut down immigration from so-called Muslim majority nations, all of the Iranian refugees then in Vienna were stranded there."

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