Obama's not afraid - why are you?
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address,...
View ArticleA Tasty Break from the Endless I/P Hate Diaries [UPDATED]
Right now I am kind of fed up with both Israel and Palestine. I think if I wasn't a liberal Jew I'd by now just say a pox on both houses and move on to other things. I mean the situation in Ghana needs...
View ArticleMay 21, 2011: Music Teachers and Students from Tel-Aviv Visit the Music...
(Crossposted from the Villages Group Blog, where - as usual - pics can be found)On Saturday, May 21st, 2011, the music center in Salem village near Nablus hosted teachers and pupils of Tel Aviv...
View ArticleLove Your Enemy: Being a Progressive Christian
I'm glad to see one of the atheists at DailyKos say this, because I think it needs to be said. I am a Christian, and have been for longer than I've been a Kossack, and while I have no problem with...
View ArticleFrom The Onion? Unfortunately, No
Municipal plans were just approved for a "Museum of Tolerance" to be built atop a historic Muslim cemetery in West Jerusalem.I shall now pause to allow for the collective sigh. [ ]Below, I will...
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Over 1,000 Muslims form 'ring of peace' around Oslo synagogue, chanting "No...
Originally published in Tikkun DailyAn anti-hate campaign launched by Norway's Muslim community last week, after a tragic attack on a Denmark synagogue, culminated tonight with over 1,000 Muslims...
View ArticleSick of being bullied, tiger unfriends goat.
So, there’s this goat named Timur that was placed in the cage of a Siberian tiger as dinner.Timur apparently took no shit from this tiger and basically bullied him around the cage. Then kicked the...
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How American Jews & Muslims See Each Other & Interact - FFEU Online...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 21The more that American Jews and Muslims interact with each other, the more likely they are to see the two faiths as more similar than different, a comprehensive study...
View ArticleStreet Prophets Thursday: Interfaith Arts In Israel: Playback Improv &...
Welcome to Street Prophets, at the intersection of politics and faith/heritage. Please wish a speedy recovery to michelewln, SP’s usual Thursday Coffee Hour diarist, and to Otteray Scribe and...
View ArticleJewish & Arab health professionals 'over there' in solidarity 4...
Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze, Bedouin, Circassian and more medical staff at hospitals across Israel have come together to call for peaceful coexistence and cooperation during trying times....
View ArticleIf life could be so simple everywhere. An Iraqi Muslim & a Jewish person...
Really quickly, my philosophy of life, after being on this planet for 50 years.There are good people and bad people on the Earth. No one group of people, be they broken down by religion, skin color,...
View ArticleA question to my liberal Christian friends, from a Jewish guy looking for...
I know I have many friends on here who are either atheist or agnostic. Well of course I respect your view, I think this diary might be better “addressed” by those who are Christian (By this please...
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DvarTorah bkmark: Danish Muslim-Jewish biker gang for peaceful religious...
They celebrate Ramadan and Hanukkah together, guard Jewish cemeteries on the anniversary of Kristallnacht and are discussing a tour to Poland and visit to Auschwitz [ — a] motorcycle club that roams...
View Article"Polyphony" brings Israeli Arab and Jewish young people together with music
With all of the strife currently happening, I wanted to let you know that there is still light in this part of the world.“Music is the universal language,” as the saying goes, and Nazareth violinist...
View ArticlePalestinian writes: "we must reject Hamas' suicidal adventures"-disaster...
Ha'aretz - 22 January 2024 by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib“Opinion |I Grew Up in Gaza. This Is What I Hope for Its Future”<big>The senseless killing of 30 of my own relatives in Gaza forces me to seek a...
View ArticleCRISIS OF FAITH
"Give me your poor, your tired,your huddled masses longing to be free"These are the wordson our Lady LibertyBut there are those who'd ratherclose their doorsThan help those in needor those that are...
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🕎✡️ Song of Zion/Dvar Torah: No.African Trad'l Interfaith 24Hr...
Background music for reading, if you like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoTwm5Rfk8xYouTube Videofrom JIMENA’s Passover & Mimouna guide:— SO much more at the link!! e.g., the unique Libyan Bsisa...
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