Elliott Benjamin is a partner in the real estate department of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, a law firm in Beverly Hills, Calif. Born in Iran and raised in London, he is vice president and an executive board member of the Iranian American Jewish Federation. He has served in different capacities for many other organizations, including the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Central British Fund – World Jewish Relief, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. He has participated in several panel discussions and conferences relating to issues concerning Iranian religious minorities, and was a regular speaker at Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, where he addressed students on the conditions for Jews in Iran and the migration and resettlement of Iranian religious minorities. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
