| |  | | | | | | | Iranian Jews – both the estimated 15,000 who still live in the Islamic Republic, and the tens of thousands who have left, many to the United States – have found themselves in the crosshairs of the recently concluded 12-day war between Israel and Iran.
Nearly a week after President Trump imposed a cease-fire on both sides, with the dust beginning to settle, reports are emerging of Jewish community leaders in Iran being rounded up on suspicion of collaborating with Israel. Earlier this week, a woman identified as Miriam told Israel's Channel 12 that she had witnessed six Jewish women and four Jewish men being arrested in the middle of the night and loaded into a car "like sheep." The women were later released on bail, she reported.
In Los Angeles, members of the largest community of Iranian Jews outside Israel were following news of the war with particular anxiety. As they rooted for Israel, Andrew Esensten reports here, many were simultaneously keeping a nervous eye on the bombs dropping in Iran, where they still had friends and relatives. | | |
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