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On Doodool Tala Syndrome
Five Practices Our Persian Mothers Got Right
Thanks to Persian Music, I Have Issues
The Literal Glory of Persian
Why Do Persian Parents Call Their Kids 'Mom' and 'Dad'?
How to Navigate a Taarof
The Farce of Farsi
How To Make Perfect Persian Rice
Contact
Awards
Articles
Newsweek
Los Angeles Magazine
Los Angeles Review of Books
White Rose Magazine
Moment Magazine
Reboot
AISH
JJ Cover Stories
JJ Humor Columns
JJ October 7 Massacre
JJ Mizrahi Advocacy Columns
JJ Iran & the Middle East Columns
JJ Antisemitism
JJ Identity and Religion Columns
JJ Women
JJ Personality Profiles
JJ COVID-19 Columns
JJ General Musings
JJ Film & Book Reviews
JJ Miscellaneous Columns
JJ Teacher Tributes
JJ Dear Tabby
Distinctions Sephardic/Mizrahi Journal
Podcasts
About Tabby
About Tabby
Speaking Engagements
Profiles of Tabby
Memoir
Death to Smarties
Podcasts
Profiles of Tabby
Tabby Refael
"A prominent chronicler of Persian L.A."--Los Angeles Times
News
Blog
On Doodool Tala Syndrome
Five Practices Our Persian Mothers Got Right
Thanks to Persian Music, I Have Issues
The Literal Glory of Persian
Why Do Persian Parents Call Their Kids 'Mom' and 'Dad'?
How to Navigate a Taarof
The Farce of Farsi
How To Make Perfect Persian Rice
PERSONALITY PROFILES
A Prince Among Men
(FEBRUARY 2023 COVER STORY/Interview with Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi)
Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani: Jewish Champions
(JUNE 2023 COVER STORY)
The Audacious Joy of Judea Pearl
(a truly courageous man)
A Tribute to the Jewish American Songwriting Duo Who Helped the Medicine Go Down
(the extraordinary Sherman Brothers)
The LA Rabbi Who Saved Countless Iranian Jews
(thank you, Rabbi Dershowitz)
“Poker Is Like a Game of Life”: How Jewish Poker Ace Robert Mizrachi Became a Champion for His People
Father Knows Best – How Jess Oppenheimer Overcame His Struggles to Create the
Most Popular Sitcom of All Time
(JUNE 2022 COVER STORY)
Judea Pearl: Reflections on Loss, Artificial Intelligence, and “Zionophobia”
(OCTOBER 2021 COVER STORY)
There’s Something About Mary (profile of a larger-than-life Auschwitz survivor)
COVER STORY:
Prince of Persians
(on the incredible work of Rabbi Yitz Jacobs in combatting assimilation among Iranian American Jews)
Mordechai Ben-Porat Brought 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel. So Why Haven’t More Israelis Heard of Him?
Fighting to Remove Women’s Oppression in Iran
(who is behind the largest civil disobedience campaign in the history of post-revolutionary Iran?)
Mental Health Maverick: Through ‘Talk With Zach,’ Teenager Zach Gottlieb is Helping Thousands of Peers Gain Emotional Literacy (MAY 2022 COVER STORY)
Menashe Amir: The Voice of a People
(how millions of people in Iran came to rely on a broadcaster in…Jerusalem)
Is It Ever Enough? How the Road to Happiness is Paved with Gratitude
(NOVEMBER 2022 COVER STORY)
At 83, Hebrew Lessons and a Wondrous Bat Mitzvah
(the wonderful story of Ruth Goldstein)
Three Generations, One Timeless Mission
(the extraordinary service of the Bouskila family)
Small Business Rises Out of the Ashes
(the unsinkable Ned Harounian)
Life as a Female Persian Rabbi
(the trailblazing courage of Rabbi Tarlan Rabbizadeh)
An Interview With My Iranian Mother
(enough said)
It’s Time You Met My Mother
(mom, if you’re reading this, click on the underlined title, called a “hyperlink”)
Meet the (Whiny) Child Whisperer
(and learn from her wise experience)
Meet the Former Class President Who Keeps Aiming Higher
(the wonderful story of a BHUSD candidate)
Offering Support for Alzheimer’s, With a Side of Hilarity
(a profile of Lauren Miller Rogen)
It’s Time You Met My Father
(what
not
to offer police officers who’ve pulled you over for speeding)
What Betty White, Sidney Poitier and Bob Saget Taught Me About America
(and about myself)
L.A. Gets Its First Couscous Bar—And It’s Kosher
(the story of a Tunisian boy and his vision for unapologetically delicious kosher food)
Meet the Couple Giving Away their Fortune to Uplift the City of Angels
(the rational kindness of a local couple)
Karen Lehrman Block: The Classical Liberal Who’s Had Enough (no, liberalism is not dead)
Why “Ask a Jew” Is My Favorite Jewish Podcast of 2022
(recognizing Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin)
Meet the Jewish Mother Running for Central Committee of the Los Angeles GOP
(and learn what is a central committee)