“The funny thing is that before the Islamic revolution, you would see maybe 20 old men in the synagogue,“ whispers Nahit Eliyason, 48, as she climbs over four other women to find one of the few vacant seats. “Now the place is full. You can barely find a seat.“ Parvis Yashaya, a film producer who heads Tehran‘s Jewish community, adds: “We are smaller, but we are stronger in some ways.“