As strikes in Iran revive buried memories, rare items reveal how Jews in Mashhad lived outwardly as Muslims while secretly preserving their faith, raising families under constant fear and passing on hidden identities

Shahar and Omer Shashua, parents of twins born prematurely just before the war, debated how they could celebrate their ritual circumcision; They eventually moved the celebration to the shelter in their apartment building in Holon and the neighbors came to help and celebrate