 In 1988 1,300 Iranian Jews settled in Los Angeles.In 1990 John L. Mitchell of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that these Iranian Jews "function as part of a larger Iranian community" but that they also "in many respects[...]form a community of their own" as they "still manage to live their lives nearly surrounded by the culture of their homeland--going to Iranian nightclubs, worshiping at Iranian synagogues, shopping for clothing and jewelry at Iranian businesses.