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Jews, Muslims partner to fight Islamophobia, anti-Semitism
Throughout weekend, 50 mosques and 50 synagogues representing over 100,000 Muslims and Jews throughout US, Canada will join together to confront Islamophobia and anti-Semitism
Ynetnews
Jewish and Islamic leaders from across the United States and Canada will confront anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in a first-of-its kind twinning event this weekend.
The first-ever Weekend of Twinningsm will be held on November 21-23, and comes on the heels of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s visit to the United Nations. The Weekend of Twinningsm resulted from a resolution passed at the National Summit of Imams and Rabbis held last year in New York and hosted by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU). The success of the National Summit led organizers to expand the interfaith dialogue model to include congregations across North America to directly confront instances of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.
“For generations, there has been a series of misunderstandings by Jews and Muslims on what the other religious community believes and practices,” said Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and co-organizer of the Weekend of Twinningsm. “These misperceptions and other societal and political factors have unfortunately led to tensions between our two communities.
Throughout the Weekend of Twinningsm, 50 mosques and 50 synagogues representing over 100,000 Muslims and Jews throughout the United States and Canada will join together to confront Islamophobia and anti-Semitism and to strengthen the relationship between the Jewish and Islamic communities.
Rabbis and imams taking part in project (Photo: Charles Vizen)
From New York to California and Florida everywhere in between, Muslims, Jews, imams and rabbis will lead discussions, workgroups and panels on ways to confront hate in our communities. The Weekend of Twinningsm will run in conjunction with two widely-seen public calls for an end to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and a broadcast Public Service Announcement on CNN.
The Weekend of Twinningsm, which is just the beginning of our efforts, is designed to strengthen and foster better relationships between Jews and Muslims and to combat instances of hate in North America, the Middle East and elsewhere.
The Weekend of Twinningsm is spearheaded by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, in cooperation with the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the World Jewish Congress.
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