Ashkenazic Becomes Farsi
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The " Temple of the Stars" is Reborn
In 1999, after facing serious financial crises, the building was transferred to the Iranian Jewsih community in Los Angeles.
The original Ashkenazic and Conservative congregation kept on operating in a limited capacity, while an Irainian/Sephardic congregation operated simultaneously.
Here is the account as reported in the LA Times:
A Renewed ‘Temple to the Stars’
By CAITLIN LIUFeb. 15, 1999 12 AM PT
TIMES STAFF WRITER
More than 1,000 people celebrated the inauguration of a new Iranian American Jewish center Sunday at a historic Hollywood site that was once known as “the temple to the stars.”
“This has been a dream of our community for many years,” said Ezat Delijani, president of the Iranian American Jewish Federation, which purchased the Hollywood Temple Beth El last August for $2.8 million.
The temple, now called Hollywood Temple Beth El/Iranian American Jewish Center, welcomes Jews of all backgrounds, said Delijani, who is also its new president.
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What is the Iranian American Jewish Federation?
IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION IAJF has been the centralized address of the Iranian-Jewish community and much of the Iranian community at large in the United States.
About Us
The Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) of Los Angeles was founded in 1981, shortly after the 1979 Revolution in Iran, to secure a new life for Iranian refugees fleeing from war and persecution. Since 1981, the IAJF has been the centralized address of the Iranian-Jewish community and much of the Iranian community at large in the United States. When many members of our community sought refuge in this country, the IAJF partnered with community and political leaders to further the interests of our new country and adopted home, the United States of America, while protecting the rights of our community and other religious minorities that have been, and remain, under a constant threat of persecution.