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Jews Aid in Quake Despite Iran Rebuff

Rachel Pomerance January 1, 2004

Beggars apparently can be choosers — or so the Iranian government seems to believe.

The Islamic fundamentalist regime in Iran, which is struggling to recover from the Dec. 26 earthquake that killed at least 20,000 people and damaged an entire region, has announced that it will not accept humanitarian aid from the \”Zionist entity.\”

However, U.S. Jews and Israelis still are finding ways to help the victims. And one of the few U.S. nongovernmental organizations running relief on the ground is led by an Iranian American Jew.

Kosher Pig-Out

Michael Aushenker April 24, 2003

Eat-4-Israel was the brainchild of Monique Grunberger, a high school senior at the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, who developed the idea with two local Yeshiva University of Los Angeles students, Yitz Novak and Zvi Smith.

by Eric Silver Jerusalem Correspondent

Jewish Journal March 27, 2003

If there is one thing Israelis have learned — from the two and a half years of the present intifada and from all the battles that preceded it over 54 years — it is that there are no surgical wars.

Bringing Tolerance to the World

Tom Tugend May 9, 2002

French multimedia mogul Jean-Marie Messier will spearhead a five-year project to build a European Museum of Mutual Respect in Paris, modeled largely on the Simon Wiesenthal Center\’s Museum of Tolerance.\n\nThe chairman and CEO of Vivendi Universal announced plans for the museum while accepting the Wiesenthal Center\’s 2002 Humanitarian Award at its national tribute dinner May 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.\n