Organization formed to support protesters has already issued several grants with more in the pipeline; Jews will struggle to participate in this year’s demonstrations, which fall on Rosh Hashanah
Good Friday morning! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we spotlight a new initiative by Jewish Kids Groups to start religious after-school programs across the country. We also feature op-eds from Erica Brown and Rabbi Ana Bonnheim. We’ll start.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against the Iranian regime’s inhumane headscarf laws. The result is the largest and most widespread wave of demonstrations the Islamic Republic of Iran has seen in more than a decade. Could this be the start of an even greater movement? Are we heading for a revolution in Iran? These questions and more will be the topic of a conversation between renowned activist, journalist and author Masih Alinejad and the Middle East Institute's Nazee Moinian, an Iran foreign policy expert.
In a rare interview nearly 50 years after her iconic T&C cover the former Empress of Iran, Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi, contemplates her role as a force of modernity in the Middle East and as a symbol of what was and what could be for Persians around the world.