The upper class Jews of Persia are rapidly embracing the Bahai religion, and the Jewish communities are disintegrating, according to Dr. W. Fishel, lecturer in the Oriental Institute of the Hebrew ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — It’s a religion that’s been around since before Islam and Christianity, and it’s still being practiced today in Southern California. For members of the Zoroastrian faith fire ...

The Three Wise Men appear only briefly in the Bible, yet their story has sparked centuries of speculation. Known as Magi, ...

PERHAPS the least known of the old Aryan creeds, Zoroastrianism, is the one which has most vitally influenced the faith and morals of modern Europe. Greece contributed much to Christian ritual and ...

This Christmas season picture a peaceful, 2000-plus-year-old scene of the Zoroastrian priest Artaban standing on the balcony of his Persian home while gazing into a midnight blue sky. He views a ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...

Wars have shaped the course of human civilization for thousands of years, but some wars last longer than a generation, evolving to decades or more than a century. Long historical wars generally ...

Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. A version of this article also appeared in the It’s Not Just You newsletter. Sign up to get a new edition every Saturday. A few weeks ago, I visited the Brooklyn ...

London-based Persian-language channel Iran International reported that a new anonymous poll conducted in Iran reveals that 9 ...