Jews and muslims

‘Stop living in fear!’ - opinion

A Nova Festival survivor reflects on interfaith solidarity and Hanukkah

Ron Segev lighting a candle at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv
THE BRIDGE must span Jerusalem’s most sensitive terrain – the Temple Mount, or al-Haram al-Sharif. For Jews, it is the site of the ancient Temple; for Muslims, the place of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven, the writer states.

A Jewish-Muslim ‘Nostra Aetate’ could reshape the Middle East - opinion

 RABBI YONATAN NERIL.

Rabbi Yonatan Neril: Founder of Israel's interfaith NGO linking religion and ecology

 NEW JERSEY police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, last year.

Jewish and Muslim institutions heighten security amid Israel-Iran war


Jews and Kurds: Two peoples, bound by hope

As Jews, we know all too well the fear of the hangman’s noose.

Kurds recieve blankets from IsraAid truucks

Traditional A9 TV Iftar banquet – a place where different ideas meet

I hope that this banquet and many similar other events will bring people one step closer to peace and help them believe in the possibility of unity and solidarity.

Iftar meal

For first time in decades, Pakistan allows one citizen to register as a Jew

Wilson Chowdry, chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, took up Benkald’s cause with the Pakistani High Commission in London.

A masked protester sits next to a flag of Pakistan during an anti-Indian protest

Bringing together Jews and Muslims at a vandalized cemetery

Our nation faces a real crisis of neighbors becoming strangers. We know more about world events but less about each other.

A headstone, pushed off its base by vandals, lays on the ground near a smashed tomb in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 27, 2017

Jewish Pennsylvania lawmaker hopes cemetery vandalism will unite community

Philadelphia Muslims decry attack and pitch in to help clean up.

Gravestones damaged at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , US

Israeli students get a taste of the blues

“The event was great,” said Ben, a student. “We learned a lot about American culture and met a lot of people from Israeli culture – Jews and Arabs. I think we can live together just like they did."

Roy Young and his band play for Arab and Jewish students at the Lod Cultural Center.

Texas Jews share synagogue with Muslim peers after mosque destroyed

A number of churches and an office building also offered up their space.

A security official investigates the aftermath of a fire at the Victoria Islamic Center mosque in Victoria, Texas January 29, 2017.

Muslim Jewish Advisory Council meets with Trump administration officials

‘They said their objective is to make sure people are treated fairly,’ council head says.

Democratic Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland

King of Bahrain hosts Hanukka candlelighting

Last year was the first time that the king of Bahrain marked Hanukka.

Jews and Muslims celebrate Hanukkah together in Bahrain

Top Democratic Party hopeful ‘regrets’ past ties with Nation of Islam

Keith Ellison said "At the time, I did not grasp [Louis] Farrakhan’s antisemitism," also expresses regret for opposition to assistance for Israel during last Gaza war.

US Rep. Keith Ellison