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Iranian Jewish Life in Los Angeles: Past and Present

Saba Soomekh, Author

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Nessah Synagogue: Goals


Although, Nessah is a place where people can come to worship and greet one another, educating its youth is one of its main goals. Nessah provides many different kinds of programs like youth groups, women’s groups, and support groups. One program that Nessah is known for is called the Nessah Israel Young Professionals, which aims to shelter, protect, prosper, and educate its youth. This program teaches the younger generations about social issues, political issues, and other kinds of issues that they are interested in. By bringing younger generations into its programs, and showing them the core of their culture, Nessah is keeping the Iranian Jewish culture alive. Nessah’s goal is to help preserve the culture of the Iranian Jewish people. In effect educating the youth helps preserve the traditions that the Iranian Jewish people have grown accustomed to even though they are in America now.

In America, immigrants from Iran have been able to keep their traditions alive, while also celebrating American traditions. However, balancing their Iranian Jewish culture and American culture has been difficult for younger generations that are born in America. In America, many families send their children to Jewish school, so that they can learn about their culture, but many families do not make much money, and they are unable to send their kids to Jewish school. As a result, some of the kids are unable to learn about their culture. Nessah’s goal is to make sure that every child has an opportunity to learn about their culture. They do this through their many services.
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