Local court sentences Ekaterina Lonskaya to prison after failed eyelid surgery leaves prominent Jewish community figure Inna Boroda with severe vision loss

In a rare admission, Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi confirms arrests in Jewish community but says those detained will soon be released; he adds that several were killed in Israeli strikes, calling their deaths proof of loyalty to the Islamic Republic

New study by historian Dr. Hadar Feldman Samet uncovers hundreds of hidden Sabbatean hymns, revealing how Shabtai Tzvi’s followers blended Jewish messianism with Ottoman and Islamic musical traditions after his controversial conversion to Islam