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Through missile strikes and sleepless nights, the persistent hope of being an Iranian Jew in Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Sheba Rasson shares a personal account of her experiences as an Iranian Jew in the context of Israel's ongoing conflict with Iran. 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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IdentityDiasporaHopeConflictCultural HeritageMemoryIranian RevolutionIranian Jews

Places mentioned

Shiraz, Fars, Iran
"This picture taken in April 1976 shows the Quran Gate, northeast of the Iranian city of Shiraz."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"For weeks, I lived in Tel Aviv as missiles streaked across the sky overhead."
Pakistan
"Upon arriving in Pakistan, she spent three months in refugee housing for Iranian Jews."
United States
"Almost a year after leaving Iran, my mother was granted asylum in the United States."
Vienna, Austria
"Eventually she made it to Vienna, where HIAS resettled Jewish refugees."

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