“I think this is the first time in history, or maybe during my time on earth, that the Iranian Federation, the Jewish Federation, Chaya, JIMENA, so many different organizations have come together to do something for Iran in the L.A. greater area,” Rabizadeh, vice president for Jewish engagement at American Jewish University, told eJewishPhilanthropy, naming a constellation of local Iranian and Jewish groups.The planning committee consists of 14 people stemming from a broad range of organizations: Jewish refugee aid group HIAS; Iranian-Jewish groups 30 Years After and Chaya; Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA); Iranian American Jewish Federation; Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; American Jewish University; Progressive Zionists of California; and the European Leadership Network, an organization dedicated to strengthening Europe-Israel relations.“There’s this thing in Los Angeles brewing that we know it’s a perfect time for all of us to collaboratively do something and stand as a unified Jewish Iranian community,” Matthew Nouriel, program coordinator for JIMENA and the social media activist known as The Empress Mizrahi, told eJP.Speaking to eJP, some representatives of Iranian Jewish American groups were reluctant to discuss the protests on behalf of their organizations or the Iranian Jewish community as a whole.One expert on Iranian Jewish history, when contacted by eJP, declined to comment because, they said, “The situation is sensitive, and I do not think it would be to the benefit of Iran’s Jewish community at the present.” The Jewish community living in Iran has been “impacted by years and years of needing to be silent and navigate the system there to survive,” Mary Kohav, the Los Angeles Jewish federation’s vice president for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement, told eJP."