Why did Biden mention Gaza in a Persian New Year greeting? Iranians, including those in the diaspora were shocked by Biden’s statement. Tabby Refael April 3, 2024
The unshakable courage of Mandana Dayani, Debra Messing and Noa Tishby Four extraordinary women answer two simple questions. Tabby Refael March 10, 2024
Mahsa Amini and the meaning of Rosh Hashanah This year, the first day of Rosh Hashanah also marks the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who perished at the hands of Iran’s brutal morality police in 2022. Tabby Refael Sept. 14, 2023
Unpacking the antisemitic shootings in Los Angeles For some, the shootings prove what they’ve always suspected. Tabby Refael Feb. 22, 2023
Next year in Tehran When it comes to Iran, it’s no longer a question of whether the regime will be overthrown, but when. Tabby Refael Jan. 5, 2023
Want to be pro-Israel? Support Iranians. Iranians deserve our support because their revolution stands on its own merits, but I want to offer a plea that’s self-evident, but still overlooked: If you’re pro-Israel, you must unequivocally support Iranians who are seeking regime change today. Tabby Refael Nov. 10, 2022
For Iranians in the diaspora, this is the most important moment of our lives The unprecedented rage of citizens against the regime’s oppression renders today’s protests uniquely historic—because this time, there may be no turning back. Tabby Refael Oct. 19, 2022
Her name was Mahsa Amini There’s something about the young Iranian woman’s murder that has especially repulsed the world, including her fellow Iranians. Tabby Refael Sept. 29, 2022
Why haven’t more Israelis heard of Mordechai Ben-Porat? Throughout Jewish history, there have been three luminaries who brought exiled Babylonian Jews back to their ancestral homeland en masse: the prophets Jeremiah and Ezra, and Ben-Porat. Tabby Refael Feb. 3, 2022
