Tag: Interfaith Relations
A spirit of interfaith solidarity
Ramadan is not only a month for spiritual awakening that sees Muslims reaffirming and expressing their love for God through fasting, but also a month where people with different faiths, opinions, languages and ethnicities...
Jewish Chicagoans play Santa for students at school named for Zionist leader
Inspired by Theodor Herzl’s famous saying, “If you will it, it is no dream,” three Chicago area synagogues made Christmas wishes come true last week for 460 students at a local public school named...
Backgammon brings Jews and Arabs together in Jerusalem
A little over a year ago, a group of young Israelis were brainstorming their first venture aimed at bringing Jews and Arabs together. After three hours, discussions were at a standstill and the people...
Rome march defies anti-Semitism, celebrates Jewish/Catholic friendship
Romans marched on Monday to commemorate the anniversary of when over one thousand Jews were taken from their homes by Nazis in 1943 and sent to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. As anti-semitic sentiments...
UK Christians and Jews celebrate 75 years of inter-faith relations
The Archbishop of Dublin, Michael Jackson, has used a speech to the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) to talk about how people encounter what he termed “the other.” Respect for the other was needed for...
Jews and Palestinians work side-by-side to rebuild home hit by Hurricane Harvey
Of all the homes in all the flood ravaged neighborhoods in Houston, the group of Jewish volunteers from New Jersey walked into the Khourys’.
“The first thing I heard when we arrived was the accent...
Jews, Christians, Muslim work together after Hurricane to provide Kosher meals for Orthodox Jews
The floodwaters rose so high, that people found that snakes had moved in, ready to greet them when they returned home. From reports by people of faith, however, one ancient reptile didn't take part...