Fiddler on the Chatr-i-Simin?*

From Queen Esther to my mother-in-law, Persian Jews claim a long, proud history.  Thus it is most interesting to see the changing relationship between a relatively new Persian Jewish community in the U.S. and the mostly Ashkenazi American Jewish community they encountered.  Check out this interesting piece in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.  Given the size of the Persian Jewish community in the greater L.A. area [estimated at somewhere over 30,000], the JJ includes a weekly section entitled "Tehrangeles".   

*According to Caucaz.com, Chatr-i-simin means "silver roof" in Old Persian.  It is the nickname of the Eastern Pamir mountain range.