A group of 47 Persian Jews arrived dancing and singing with joy upon landing in Israel, completing their aliyah with their families after having fled Iran following the revolution and later moving to America.
‘Exile is over, we’re home’: 47 Persian Jews make aliyah together from New York
Their families fled Mashhad for New York after Iran’s 1979 revolution, but after years of visits to Israel and three years of war, four families chose to make aliyah together and settle in… pic.twitter.com/avA9LFoXh7
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