Saba Soomekh
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Dr. Saba Soomekh is an Iranian-born American professor and writer.
Soomekh was born in Teheran, Iran to a Persian Jewish family that moved to Los Angeles, California to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Saba is a sister to actress Bahar Soomekh. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her Masters in Theological studies from Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. Saba was a Ph D. candidate at University of California, Santa Barbara in religious studies. [1]
Saba Soomekh is now a professor in theological studies at Loyola Marymount University and studies the Persian Jewish community in California. [2] She wrote several essays on the community including "Tehrangeles: Capital, Culture, and Faith among Iranian Jews," where she talks about California's Persian Jewish community, its religious character and its support for the State of Israel.[3]
