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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 12 MIN

For Jewish Iranian-Americans, the war with Iran is uniquely painful

from Midday · host WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

Sharon Mashihi, the daughter of Jewish Iranian immigrants to the US, talks with Tom about exploring the diaspora’s conflicted wartime emotions — in her podcast and in her own life.

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For Jewish Iranian-Americans, the war with Iran is uniquely painful

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Sharon Mashihi, the daughter of Jewish Iranian immigrants to the US, talks with Tom about exploring the diaspora’s conflicted wartime emotions — in her podcast and in her own life.

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