While serving as the Principal at the North Shore
Hebrew Academy Middle School, Rabbi Dr. Michael
Reichel developed an intimate working relationship
with the Persian communities in Great Neck and
Queens, New York. It was through this contact with
many Persian families that he decided to delve into
the Persian history and culture and how it related
to their attitudes toward Jewish life and education.
Rabbi Dr. Michael Reichel presents a ground-
breaking, thoroughly researched history of the
beginning of Jewish settlement in Persia to the
present. This book also provides a much anticipated
examination of the differences in attitudes and
behaviors related to education, background,
practices, and values of Persian American Jewry.
Valuable insights are also provided into many faces
of Persian American Jewish culture and religious
practice. Professor Amnon Netzer, Iranian Studies at
Hebrew University states, Very interesting a
pioneering study in this specific field.
Dr. William Helmreich, Professor of Sociology and
Judaic Studies at CUNY praises the work as, An
excellent, important, pioneering work the first
empirical study ever of this community.
Hebrew Academy Middle School, Rabbi Dr. Michael
Reichel developed an intimate working relationship
with the Persian communities in Great Neck and
Queens, New York. It was through this contact with
many Persian families that he decided to delve into
the Persian history and culture and how it related
to their attitudes toward Jewish life and education.
Rabbi Dr. Michael Reichel presents a ground-
breaking, thoroughly researched history of the
beginning of Jewish settlement in Persia to the
present. This book also provides a much anticipated
examination of the differences in attitudes and
behaviors related to education, background,
practices, and values of Persian American Jewry.
Valuable insights are also provided into many faces
of Persian American Jewish culture and religious
practice. Professor Amnon Netzer, Iranian Studies at
Hebrew University states, Very interesting a
pioneering study in this specific field.
Dr. William Helmreich, Professor of Sociology and
Judaic Studies at CUNY praises the work as, An
excellent, important, pioneering work the first
empirical study ever of this community.