{"id":48632,"date":"2026-03-27T01:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=48632"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:52:52","slug":"supporting-iranian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/supporting-iranian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Iranian community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harley Kushmier and his mother, Samantha Kushmier, at the March 8 Car Rally for Iranian Voices. (photo from the Kushmiers)<\/i><\/p>\n

Members of the Kelowna Jewish community participated in the Car Rally for Iranian Voices on March 8.<\/p>\n

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Harley Kushmier at the March 1 weekly rally in Kelowna in support of those protesting the Iranian regime. (photo from the Kushmiers)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every Sunday in downtown Kelowna a protest is held in support of loved ones lost in the Shir-o-Khorshid (Lion and Sun) Revolution \u2013 the ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran \u2013 and of those who remain detained in Iran, subjected to unspeakable hardship. The protests ask that Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi be recognized as transitional leader of the country.<\/p>\n

Rally organizers thanked Israel for its support and help, and asked the local Jewish community to attend the car rally. Organizers also reached out to the local Ukrainian community to join.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Samantha Kushmier<\/b> and son <\/i>Harley Kushmier<\/b> are part of the Okanagan Jewish community.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harley Kushmier and his mother, Samantha Kushmier, at the March 8 Car Rally for Iranian Voices. (photo from the Kushmiers) Members of the Kelowna Jewish community participated in the Car Rally for Iranian Voices on March 8. Every Sunday in downtown Kelowna a protest is held in support of loved ones lost in the Shir-o-Khorshid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24736,856,21227,22180,8119],"class_list":["post-48632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-iran-war","tag-okanagan","tag-protests","tag-rallies","tag-solidarity"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}