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Despite Cold Shoulder from Iran, Jews and Israelis Aid Quake Victims
(JTA) Rachel Pomerance - One of the few U.S. non-governmental organizations running relief on the ground in earthquake-stricken Iran is led by an Iranian-American Jew. Farshad Rastegar formed the Los Angeles-based non-sectarian Relief International 14 years ago to aid victims of an earlier earthquake in Iran. Rastegar said his group has raised more than $150,000 for relief work in Iran, $65,000 of which already has been routed to a bank there. Ra'anan Amir, project manager of Latet (To Give), an Israeli humanitarian group that provides domestic and international relief, said the group has sent "tens of thousands of dollars" to Iranian earthquake victims.