Dear ZAGBA community and friends, We are a resourceful community and will be hosting a special virtual gathering to celebrate Navroze/Nowruz. Our children have been hard at work preparing their Haft Seen Table presentation, which will now be an e-Table! Join us 6:00–7:00 pm on Saturday, March 21st. No RSVP necessary. Program · Welcome and Prayers · Haft Seen…
Category: Associations
8th North American Zarathushti Congress (NAZC)
The Zoroastrian Association of Houston is proud to host the 18th North American Zarathushti Congress (NAZC) to be held in Houston, Texas from December 29th, 2020 thru January 1st, 2021. It is our utmost pleasure and honor to personally invite you, your families, friends and all your community members to attend our Zarathushti Congress. The NAZC…
NAVROZE EVENT 2020 – Cancelled
NAVROZE EVENT 2020
Happy Birthday ZAGBA
February 15th: ZAGBA’s Birthday
Prof Jenny Rose Book
Between Boston and Bombay: Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsis, 1771–1865 Hardcover – November 6, 2019 by Jenny Rose (Author) Editors Note: Sometime back Prof Jenny Rose had a exhibition at the PEM in Salem, MA. A few of our ZAGBA members had made it to the museum to meet her. It was freezing and Peabody Essex…
ZAGBA planned events 2020
Dear ZAGBA Community, Due to the rapidly changing situation regarding the COVID-19 virus in the past few days, ZAGBA committee has to cancel the up-coming March 21 -Navroz function and the Game night planned for April 2020. We hope to host them in the near future. If you have paid for the Navroz event we…
WZCC Award
Two members of the ZAGBA community recently received professional awards from the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC): Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin was named the Outstanding Zarathushti Professional of the Year and Mira C. Mehta was named Outstanding Zarathushti Social Entrepreneur of the year. The awards were officially announced at the WZCC’s Global Conclave, held in…
Z Games 2020 Registration Opens
Z Games 2020 Registration Opens
https://www.zgames2020.com/
ZAGBA Endowment Appeal
Dear Friends,Season’s Greetings! It is the season of giving and we invite you make to make ZAGBA Endowment a partof your annual giving tradition. The ZAGBA Endowment was created about five years ago. ZAGBA uses the Endowment to providescholarships to our college-going youth, critical assistance to the needy, and finding for communitybuilding projects and charitable…
Chaplain at Harvard University
We would like to recognize Daryush Mehta and all his contributions to the ZAGBA community. It is with great humility that I represent the Zoroastrian community as a Chaplain at Harvard University. Dr. Cyrus Mehta has diligently represented the Zoroastrian community in this capacity for 15 years, and I am honored to continue his good…
2019 Annual Harvard Interfaith Thanksgiving Meal-packaging Service Project
Dear ZAGBA volunteersSpecial THANK YOU for bringing your energy last weekend…and for many of you, year after year after year! Without each and every one of you, we would not be able to pull this off and provide so much to families in need. A few pics attached. If you took any, feel free to…
2019 Annual Jashan and Gahambar Celebrations
Please help ZAGBA and send in photos of this event.
ZAGBA’s Trip to the Dar-e-Mehr, Suffern, NY
Photos from a community day trip to the ZAGNY Dar-e-Mehr in Suffern, NY. Besides ZAGNY and ZAPANJ, this year the ZAMWI community also joined us.
2019 Promo for the FEZANA Journal
2019 Promo for the FEZANA Journal
A Note From Our Youth – 7WZYC
Photo (L to R): Nasreen Bhumgara, Ariana Bakhtyari & Cherag Kapadia A Note From Our Youth – 7WZYC July Fourth is a holiday spent with friends and family. This year, we were able to celebrate the week of July Fourth with new friends from around the world when we attended the 7th World Zoroastrian Youth…
Children’s Religious Education Classes
2019-2020 Class Dates: September: There will not be a class in Bedford, MA. Instead, a joint class will be held with the ZAGNY and ZAPANJ communities during the ZAGBA trip to the NY Dar-E-Mehr in Suffern, NY on Saturday, September 14, 2019. October 6, 2019 November 3, 2019 December 8, 2019 January 12, 2020 February 9,…
ZAGBA 2019 Shahenshai New Year
August 24 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (Saturday). First Parish Church United 48 Main Street Westford, MA 01886 It is our pleasure to invite the ZAGBA Community and their family and friends on August 24, 2019 – Shahenshahi New Year Function. We have planned an evening of fun with some entertainment and of course delicious food. …
Dr Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin Presented Royal Microscopical Society Medal for Scanning Probe Microscopy
by Arzan Wadia @ Parsi Khabar We are thrilled to share the news that our dear friend Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin received the Royal Microscopy Society (RMS) Gold Medal in Manchester, UK on July 2, 2019 for his work in STM microscopy when he was at University College of London at the London Center of Nanotechnology….
ZAGBA youth attending the 7th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress
Meet our ZAGBA youth headed to California to attend the 7th WZYC from July 1 – 6 2019 Nasreen Bhumgara is going to be a Pre-Med student at the University of Maryland Cherag Kapadia works at Raytheon Inc. and is looking forward to learning more about our culture and religion while meeting fellow Zoroastrians at…
ZAGBA Community Calendar 2019 – 2020
Dear Zagba members, Some of you have reached out that you would like to submit photos and sponsor a calendar spot. Please submit your photos and requests no later than June 30th to ensure that they can be included in the calendar. Calendars are available for sale at $15 per Calendar, or you can buy 3 Calendars for $40. You must order…
ZAGBA Scholarship Awards
Outstanding High School Student Award And High School Student Recognition Award ZAGBA Education Subcommittee is accepting applications for the annual ZAGBA Scholarship Awards from the Zoroastrian students belonging to the ZAGBA organization. Two awards (Outstanding High School Student Award and High School Student Recognition Award) are presented each year at Pateti/Navroze event in August. Both…