# Twinnings preceded by this symbol will take place on dates other than during the weekend of November 13-15
NORTH AMERICA
CALIFORNIA
#Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, CA + King Fahad Mosque,
Culver City, CA
Sunday November 22, 11:00 am -1:00 pm at King Fahad Mosque
The high school youth groups at Emanuel and King Fahad Mosque will hold a
joint get-together for the first time. The event, which will take place at the
King Fahad Mosque, will be the first meeting a year-long interfaith program
open to high school students from both the mosque and the synagogue. Meetings
will take place on a monthly or bi-monthly basis, and will focus on formal interfaith
dialogue/discussions; social activities and service projects.
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, tel
(310) 288-3742 (Rabbi Laura Geller 310-274-6388 cell 310-927-1239) e-mail: rabbigeller@tebh.org
King Fahad Mosque, 10980 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, tel (310) 202-0432
(Usman Madha, executive director), e-mail: usmanmadha@hotmail.com
Islamic Center of Southern California + Beth Shir Sholom,
Santa Monica, CA
| Friday November 13: Friday night services at Beth Shir Shalom | |
| Saturday, November 14: | |
| 8:15 am - Torah Study with Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniel (Parshat
Chayei Sara) — The story of the deaths of Sarah and Abraham and how
Ishamel and Isaac came together to bury their common father. 5:00 pm - Joint viewing of "Oh My God!" at the Nu Art Theater |
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Persons interested to attend should please contact Cynthia Barizilai at (310) 829-2517. RSVP by Nov 12.
Islamic Center of Southern California, 434 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020,
tel (213) 382-9200 (Imam Jihad Turk) jihad_turk@yahoo.com
Beth Shir Sholom, 1827 California Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403, tel (310) 453-3361
(Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels) RabbiNiel.Comess-Daniels@bethsirshalom.org
University of Southern California Hillel +
The Muslim Student Union at the University of Southern California
Fast-A-Thon, November 12, and Food Justice Tour, November 15
Contact: Ali H. Mir, Director of Muslim Student Life, ali.h.mir@gmail.com
Michael Jeser, Director USC Hillel, mjeser@uschillel.org
Jessica Youseffi, youseffi@usc.edu CLUE
Hebah Farrag, Project Coordinator, Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement at Center for Religion and Civic Culture University of Southern California 825 Bloom Walk, ACB 439, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1481 tel. 213.740.6900 farrag@college.usc.edu
Orange County Islamic Foundation + Temple Beth El-South Orange County
| Salaam & Shalom: November 14 & 15 Saturday morning November 14: Torah study with Rabbi Peter Levi and Sheikh Yassir Fazaga:Isaac & Ishmael: The Song of Abraham / Ibrahim. Sunday morning November 15: Family program at the Mission Viejo Mosque. Youth Groups from both communities are planning to meet at the Mosque from 11 am - 2 pm on the 15th. Drawing/Poster Contest: Jews & Muslims Genuinely Caring for One Another |
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| The Orange County Islamic Foundation and Temple Beth El of South Orange County invite you to submit an art poster on the theme of Creating Peace through Genuine Mutual Care. The vision of this contest is to encourage those in each community to think about what it means for Jews and Muslims to genuinely care about one another. Posters should promote the concept of "Genuinely Caring for One Another." | |
If you are interested in participating in this weekend, please contact Rabbi Peter Levi at rabbilevi@templebethelsoc.org or 362-3999 x 101.
Orange County Islamic Foundation, 23581 Madero Dr. 92691
(tel) 949-595-0480 (Sheikh Yassir Fazaga)
Temple Beth El-South Orange County 2A Liberty Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 (Rabbi Peter
Levi) Phone: 949-362-3999
# Musallah Tauhid, Brentwood, CA + Ahavat Torah Congregation, Brentwood, CA
The two congregations pray together in the same sacred space. Contact Ms. Chishti j(noormalika@gmail.com) for more information.
Musallah Tauhid, Brentwood (Noor-Malika Chishti) noormalika@gmail.com
Ahavat Torah Congregation, Brentwood, (Rabbi Miriam Hamrel).
The Congregation Emanu-El + Islamic Society of San Francisco
Friday, November 13
Members of Emanu-El will go to ISSF for their 1:15 service and members of ISSF will come to Emanu-El for Erev Shabbat services.
The Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake St San Francisco, CA 94118,
(415) 751-2535 (Rabbis Steven Pearce and Jonathan Jaffe
Islamic Society of San Francisco, 20 Jones St. San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-7997 (Imam Suleiman Ghali 415 215 8929) for the sake of peace
Congregation Shir Hadash + Islamic Network Groups
Sunday November 15
Sumbul Ali-Karamali author of The Muslim Next Door will speak at an adult education at Shir Chadash
Congregation Shir Hadash, 20 Cherry Blossom Lane Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 358-1751 (Rabbi Melanie Aron)
Islamic Network Groups, 3031 Tisch Way, Suite 950 San Jose, CA 95128 (Maha Elgenaidi 408 296-7312)
# Chapman University Hillel + Muslim Students Association
Thursday, December 10, 7-9 pm, Interfaith Center at Chapman University
Organizers: Religious Studies Department, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Chapman Hillel Students, Chapman Muslim Student Union
Participants: Dr. Stuart Altshuler, Rabbi, Dept of Religious Studies and History; Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Imam of the Islamic Center of Orange County
Moderator: Dr. Marvin Meyer, Chair of Religious Studies Dept at Chapman U.
Subject: Islam and Judaism--Similarities and Differences; Visions for the Future
Lecture, Qs and As, Discussion to follow.
Faculty, Students, and Community participation--all invited free of charge.
Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, Phone: 714-997-6815
Hillel (Rabbi Stuart Altshuler 949 280-6691 stuartaltshuler9@gmail.com)
Muslim Students Association (Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi 714 396-4071)
# South Bay Islamic Center + Temple Emanuel of San Jose
South Bay Islamic Center--San Jose 325 North 3rd St. San Jose, CA 95112 (408) 947-9389 (Imam Tahir Anwar) imamtahir@yahoo.com
Temple Emanuel of San Jose, rabbimagat@templesanjose.org, (408) 292-0939 (Rabbi Dana Magat)
COLORADO
Northeast Denver Islamic Center + Temple Micah
Friday, November 13
The first meeting of the congregations will take place at the Northeast Denver Islamic Center: Masjid Taqwah, 3400 Albion St. 80207, on Friday evening, November 13. For more information contact the mosque or Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav at 303 881-2800.
Service is at 1pm Friday.
It will begin with a sermon by Imam Abdur-Rahim Ali, who will include in his words a Muslim perspective on anti-semitism This is followed by the Jumah prayers. the Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav will speak briefly about a Jewish perspective on Islamophibia and the impact of the recent shootings in Texas.This will be followed by Q and A and then a small reception with food.
Northeast Denver Islamic Center, Imam Abdur-Rahim Ali ndic34@aol.com 720 276-914
Temple Micah, 2600 Leyden Street, Denver, Colorado 80207 P:(303) 388-4239, Rabbi Adam Morris rabbimo@templemicah.org
CONNECTICUT
Temple Beth David + Islamic Association Of Greater Hartford + Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford
Friday, November 13
Members of the two mosques will visit Beth David on November 13 for Friday evening services. Imam Abdul-Karim Kashif of the Muhammad Islamic Center will preach the sermon at Temple Beth David on the theme of "Moving spiritual healing towards a cure" in which he will examine “moral development, health contributions by people of faith, and the need to brings these concepts together to eliminate universal health care neglect. Not supporting universal health care is a moral issue.” Afterwards the participants will discuss how Jews and Muslims can work together to help achieve universal health care. Medical personnel from the two communities will be prominently involved in the discussion.
Temple Beth David, 3
Main St Cheshire, CT 06410, phone (203) 272-0037, Rabbi Eric Silver, <eric.silver@sbcglobal.net>
or <rabbi@tbdcheshire.org>
Islamic Association Of Greater Hartford, 1781 Wilbur Cross Hwy, Berlin, CT 06037, (860) 829-6411, Dr. Ali Antar, president
<antar@mail.ccsu.edu>, cell phone (860) 416-1763, office phone (860) 832-2931
Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford,
155 Hungerford St. Hartford, CT 06106, Imam Abdul-Karim
Kashif, taqwanct@aol.com, cell (203) 435-0520/ office (860) 728-8646
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Tifereth-Israel Congregation + New Africa Islamic Community Center
Tifereth-Israel Congregation, 7701 16th St NW Washington, DC 20012 tel (202) 882-1605 (Rabbi Ethan Seidel) eseidel@tifereth-israel.org (202) 882-1605//David Zinner, exec director
New Africa Islamic Community Center, (202) 270-3754 Imam Sultan Abdullah
Georgetown Muslim Students Association + Hillel
Georgetown Muslim Students Association, Imam Yahya Hendi (202) 687-4272, umh@georgetown.edu, cell: (202) 277-7258
Hillel, Harold White,
Campus Rabbi, whitehs@georgetown.edu,
Office: (202) 687-4383
FLORIDA
#TAO, South Florida's Center for Jewish Renewal (aka Temple Adath Or) + Islamic Foundation of South Florida
TAO, South Florida's Center for Jewish Renewal (aka Temple Adath Or), led by Rabbis Phillip & Mark Labowitz Sunrise FL
Islamic Foundation of South Florida, Imam Jon Edra, contact: Irma Suleyman (561) 738-1493
#Palm Beach
Thursday, November 19
Members of the Muslim community of Palm Beach will hold a meeting on November 19 with leaders of Temple Israel of West Palm Beach, Temple Torah of Boynton Beach, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Palm Beach and the Anti-Defamation League Palm Beach chapter to discuss this year's program in Muslim-Jewish relations. The two communities have been working together fruitfully for several years. Walter Ruby, Muslim-Jewish Relations Program Officer of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, will address the group by speaker phone from New York. (Contact: Luis Fleischman, JCRC Palm Beach 561 242 6670)
GEORGIA
#Emory University, Atlanta Hillel + Muslim Student Association
Monday, November 16
The Children of Abraham, November 16, 7 PM, Emory University, White Hall 111 ( Exact location subject to change. Screening of the documentary film Talking through Walls about how Jews, Muslism and Christians in southern New Jersey stood up to Islamophobia in the wake of 9-11 and convinced a local zoning board in Voorhees, N.J. to allow the building of a mosque. Discussion afterwards. Dinner will be provided.
Emory University, Atlanta Hillel
Muslim Student Association contact: David Micley (617) 413-6330
ILLINOIS
Adas Yehuda V'Shoshana (AYSH) + Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago
Tuesday November 10 6:30-8:15 PM
International Kick-off Event for the Weekend of Twinning
The Jewish Center for World Peace @ AYSH Northbrook Community Synagogue together with The Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago and The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding are honored to invite you to The International Kick-Off of the 2nd Annual Weekend of Twinning of Mosques and Synagogues Across North America and Europe Tuesday 6:30pm November 10, 2009.
Keynote Speakers” Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and Imam Mohammad Shamsi Ali, Islamic Cultural Center of New York The Jewish Learning Club and The Muslim Learning Club of Glenbrook North High School will present a program on diversity for Public High Schools
Adas Yehuda V'Shoshana (AYSH) Northbrook Community Synagogue, 2548 Jasper Ct. Northbrook, IL 60062 (Rabbi Daniel Sherbill ph 847 509-9204)
Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago, 1800 Pfingsten Rd. Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 272-0319 Northbrook, IL Imam Senad Ajic
Lakeside Congregation, Highland Park + Haqqani Sufi Lodge
Lakeside Congregation, Highland Park, Rabbi Ike Serotta - (847) 432-7950
Haqqani Sufi Lodge, Hassan Abiva - (847) 673-4072 x227 iqrapdc@yahoo.com
Congregation Hakafah, Glencoe + IQRA International Educational Foundation
Congregation Hakafah, Glencoe – 211 Hazel Ave,
Glencoe, IL 60022 (847) 242-0687//Rabbi Bruce Elder (847) 266-8854 rabbi@hakafa.org
IQRA International Educational Foundation, Chicago Dr. Abidullah Ghazi (847) 673 4072, info@iqra.org
Congregation Beth Or, Deerfield + Turkish American Society, Mount Prospect
Friday, November 13
Members of the Turkish-American Society to visit Congregation Beth Or and take part in services there.
Congregation Beth Or, Deerfield, Rabbi David Oler--847 945 0477
Turkish American Society, Mount Prospect, Hakan Berberoglu, Assistant Director, Niagara Foundation, 205 N Michigan Ave, Suite 2540, Chicago, IL 60601 Tel: (312) 240-0707, Fax: (312) 240-0706
LOUISIANA
# Beth Israel, Metarie + Jefferson Muslim Association, Metarie
Thursday, November 19
Visit of Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali to New Orleans to declare support of American Jewish and Muslim communities with New Orleans as it continues the long process of rebuilding from Katrina. After visiting the Jefferson Muslim Association, Rabbi Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali, accompanied by Rabbi Topolosky and Imam Suleiman, will take part in a house building project under the purview of the St. Bernard Association in association with Beth Israel and the Jefferson Muslim Center. After visiting the ruins of the previous Beth Israel Synagogue in New Orleans, which was completely destroyed by flooding in Katrina in 2005, the visitors will head for Beth Israel and a kosher for meetings with lay leaders of the two congregations and a kosher/halal meal.
Beth Israel, Metarie, Rabbi Uri Topolosky (646) 337-6142
Jefferson Muslim Association, Metarie, Imam Omer Suleiman (225) 288-5682
MARYLAND
Congregation Shirat Nefesh + The Medina Center of Potomac
Friday, November 13 and Sunday, November 15
The Medina Center will visit Shirat Hanefesh for Shabbat Services (which officially start at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13). Shirat Hanefesh will go to the Medina Center at 4:30 on Sunday the 15th for prayers, dinner and schmoozing. Contact Dan Spiro (creedroom@danielspiro.com) for details.
Congregation Shirat Nefesh, Rabbi Gerry Serotta, rabbiger@gmail.com, Montgomery County, MD. Dan Spiro creedroom@danielspiro.com
The Medina Center of Potomac, (Sufi) Rizwan Mowlana, rizmowlana@gmail.com
Congregation Beth Tfiloh + Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore
Sunday, November 15, 10 AM at MCCI
Dialogue between Rabbi Wohlberg and Imam El-Amin.
Congregation Beth Tfiloh, 3300 Old Court Road Baltimore, MD 21208, tel 410 486-1900 (Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg), Sandy Vogel 410 413 2306
Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore, 3401 West North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21216 tel 410 566-4434 (Imam Earl El-Amin eelamin@nciannet.org, 410 627-5515, 410 506-5970)
# Idara Al-Jaferia + Bethesda Jewish Community
Joint event on Sunday, November 22
Idara Al-Jaferia, Imam Sayed Naqvi + Hussain Jafri hussain_jafri@hotmail.com c-(443) 717- 2136
Bethesda Jewish Community, Hazzan Sunny Schnitzer 301 469-8636 hazzan@bethesdajewish.org
#Muslim Community Center + B'nai Israel
Event on Monday, November 9 at 8 PM at the Muslim Community Center to talk about issues of mutual concern between Jews and Muslims.
Muslim Community Center, 15200 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 301 384-3454 (Sabir Rahman)
B'nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852-4195. Telephone Numbers and Contact information: Phone #:(301) 881-6550 X565, Rabbi Michael Safra
MASSACHUSETTS
#Clark University Hillel + Muslim Cultural Association at Clark
Clark University Hillel, 950 Main Street, PO Box B28 Worcester, MA 01610. Phone: (508)793-7296 (director David Coyne)
MICHIGAN
#American Muslim Center + Temple Kol Ami
American Muslim Center, 21110 Outer Drive, Dearborn, MI 48124 tel 313 565-9314 (Imam Mohamed Mardini c-313-477-7043 mardinir@aol.com)
Temple Kol Ami, 5085 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 48323 tel. 248 661-0040//248 505-5255 (Rabbi Norman Roman)
University of Michigan, Hillel + Muslim Students Assn.
University of Michigan, Hillel 1429 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 769-0500 (Rabbi Nathan Martin)
Muslim Students Assn. 530 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104
MINNESOTA
#Masjid An-Nur + Temple Israel
Masjid An-Nur, 1729 Lyndale Ave N. Minneapolis, MN 55411 (612) 521-1749 Minneapolis (Imam Makram El-Amin, imamelamin@yahoo.com, Arlene El-Amin, aelamin@yahoo.com)
Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55405 (612) 377-8680 (Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Susan Marvin, smarvin@templeisrael.com)
Beth Jacob + Muslim American Society of MN
Saturday, November 14, and Sunday, November 15
Rabbi and Imam Read Sacred Texts Together on Shabbat, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15. Join us for two very special opportunities for interfaith learning. Rabbi Amy Eilberg and Imam Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of MN with Rabbi Allen as moderator will together examine texts on Abraham, Sarah and their children from the Torah and the Koran.
Shabbat November 14 after Kiddush & Sunday November 15th, 11 am -1 pm at Muslim American Society, 100 East 66th Street, Heights, MN 55076
Beth Jacob, 1179 Victoria Curv, St Paul, MN, 55118-4106 (651) 452-2226
Muslim American Society of MN, 4100 66th Street E, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076.
Beth El Minneapolis + Anjuman-e-Asqhari
Beth El Minneapolis Jody Wolk 612 751-9722
Anjuman-e-Asqhari, P. O. Box 29815. Brooklyn Center, MN 55429. Tel: (763) 424-4909
Congregation Adath Jeshurun + Islamic Center of Minnesota + Pax Christi Catholic Community
Sunday, November 15, 6:30 - 9:00pm at Pax Christi Catholic Community
12100 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie
The Interfaith Conversations Project:
How Does Our Belief in the Afterlife Affect Our Life in This World?
A Trialogue program as part of a regular series of "Interfaith Conversations” involving the three communities.
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 10500 Hillside Lane W, Minnetonka, MN 55305-2668 (952) 545-2424
Islamic Center of Minnesota, Fridley, MN
Pax Christi Catholic Community, 12100 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie
MISSOURI
#B’rith Sholom Knesseth Israel+ Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis (Dar-ul-Islam Mosque)
Our twinning event will take place on Tuesday, December 10.
B’rith Sholom Knesseth Israel, 1107 E. Linden Richmond Heights, MO 63117, 314 725-6230 (Rabbi Mordecai Miller//Howard Granok 314 956 2494 )
Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis (Dar-ul-Islam Mosque), P. O. Box 240219, Ballwin, MO 63024 (Gazala Hayat c-314 265-4656)
NEVADA
Islamic Society of Nevada + Valley Outreach Synagogue
Sunday, November 15, 10 AM
Members of the synagogue teen group, the Teen Torah Tribe, and their parents will visit the Islamic Society of Nevada and meet with teens and their parents from there.
Islamic Society of Nevada, 4730 E. Desert Rd. Las Vegas , NV, Dr. Aslam Abdullah, draslanabdullah@mail.com, (909) 489-5989
Valley Outreach Synagogue, Rabbi Yocheved Mintz, 702 436-4900
NEW JERSEY
#Congregation Beth Shalom + Beitul Asr , Freehold
Program at Beitul Asr, Monday evening, November 16.
Congregation Beth Shalom, Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro, Red Bank, NJ redbankrabbi@yahoo.com 732 741-1657
Beitul Asr, Freehold, Fateema Khan 732 599-1870
# Princeton University
Muslim Chaplain Soheib Sultan h-609 258-3402//ssultan@princeton.edu c 708 945-8673// Rabbi Julie Roth rabbi@princeton.edu 609 258-6248
# Masjid Waarith-ud-Deen + Temple B'nai Jeshurun
Masjid Waarith-ud-Deen, 62-70 Howard Street, Irvington, NJ 07111 ~ Phone: 973-373 -8282 (Imam Wahy Ud-Deen Shareef 973 733-5868, shareefw@ci.newark.nj.us
Temple B'nai Jeshurun 1025 South Orange Avenue, Short Hills, NJ 07078, Phone 973-379-1555 (Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz)
Temple B'nai Or + Jam-e-Masjid Islamic Center
Sunday, November 15, 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm
Temple B'nai Or, 60 Overlook Drive, Morristown, NJ 07960 tel-(973) 539-4539 (Rabbi Don Rossoff)
Jam-e-Masjid Islamic Center, 110 Harrison Street, Boonton, NJ 07005 tel- 973 904-1500 (Dr. Abbas Abdul Rahman) // h-973 366-3853 aaarab@aol.com c 862 324-5281
#Adath Emanu-El
November 25, 7 pm
An Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve service at Adath Emanu-El, bringing together mosques, synagogues and churches of South Jersey, as well as the Jewish Community Relations Council of South Jersey.
Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, will be the featured speaker. He will speak about the inspirational events in Voorhees, N.J. in the wake of 9-11 in which the Jewish and Christian communities supported the efforts of Muslims in that New Jersey town to build a mosque despite strong opposition in the community. The Voorhees Mosque was eventually approved by the Zoning Board and built. Members of that mosque will be among those attending the Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve service, including Mrs. Zahida Rahman, widow of Zia Rahman, the inspirational former leader of the Voorhees Mosque, who passed away earlier this year after a long battle with cancer.
Rabbi Schneier will pay tribute to the work of Zia Rahman and other fighters against Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in South Jersey, stating that the story of the Vorhees Mosque should be an example to people of good will everywhere.
205 Elbo Ln. Mt Laurel, NJ 08054-9636, (856) 608-1200 Rabbi Andrew Bossov
# Institute for Islamic Studies + Congregation Beth Chaim
Sunday, November 22
Institute for Islamic Studies, 379 Princeton Hightstown Road, Building #2, Suite #1, Cranbury, NJ, (Sajjid Syed c- 917 685-7502 ssyed@acropharmacy.com)
Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Rd E., Princeton Jct., NJ 08550 609 799-9401 (Rabbi Eric Wisnia) rabbi@bethchaim.org
Temple Emeth + Darul Islah
Twinning event will take place Sunday, November 15, 1:45-3:45 pm at Darul Islah
Temple Emeth 1666 Windsor Rd Teaneck, NJ 07666-3017, Tel: (201) 833-8466
Darul Islah, 320 Fabry Terrace Teaneck, NJ 07666, Tel: 201-692-7730
Rutgers University Hillel + MSA
Rutgers University Hillel, Rabbi Esther Reed, 732-545-2407
#Congregation Agudath Israel +
Ulu Cami (Turkish) Mosque, Paterson
Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15
Members of the mosque will come to Friday night services at Beth Israel and
then stay for dinner and discussion. They will also attend Saturday morning
services. On Sunday, members of Agudath Israel will visit the mosque.
Congregation Agudath Israel, 20 Academy Road, Caldwell (Rabbi
Alan Silverstein) 973 226-3600
Ulu Cami (Turkish) Mosque, Paterson (Levant Koc)
NEW YORK
Metro
Buffalo, NY Mosque-Synagogue Twinning Weekend
Dedicated to the Vision and Memories of Cantor Susan
Wehle and Mrs. Aasiya Hassan
Temple Beth Am + Masjid An-Noor
Temple Beth Am (Rabbi Irwin Tanenbaum t.family@roadrunner.com - 4660 Sheridan Dr, Williamsville, NY 14221 - 716-633-8877)
Masjid An-Noor (Imam Nazim Mangera nazimm@gmail.com - 745 Heim Rd, Getzville, NY 14068 - 716-568-1013)Temple Beth El + Islamic Cultural Assn of Western New York
Temple Beth El (Rabbi Drorah Setel dsetel@gmail.com - 720 Ashland Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14301 - 716-282-2717)
Islamic Cultural Assn of Western New York (Imam Yahye Omar yahyeharary@yahoo.com - 444 Connecticut St, Buffalo, NY 14213 - 716-578-0735)Temple Sinai + Congregation Havurah +Masjid Nu’man
Temple Sinai, (Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein lazarusklein@yahoo.com - 50 Alberta Dr, Amherst, NY 14226 - 716-834-0708)
Congregation Havurah (Enid Bloch, member enidbloch@yahoo.com - 6320 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221 - 716-689-2256 )
Masjid Nu’man (Imam Fajri Ansari ansarif@buffalostate.edu - 1373 Fillmore Ave, Buffalo, NY 14211 - 716-892-1332)
The above three twinnings will all take place in the Buffalo area and have been coordinated by the principle organizers, Dr. Robert Stall (cell phone 716 861-1312 e-mail drstall@stallgeriatrics.com ) and Dr. Othman Shibly (cell 716 480-9647 e-mail: shibly@buffalo.edu ). On Sunday, November 15 from 3-5 PM at the conclusion of a discussion among members of four twinned synagogues and three twinned mosques at the Masjid An-Noor, (745 Heim Rd. Getzville, NY 14068 tel 716 568-1013) on the theme of “Shared Responsibilities”, western New York state Muslim and Jewish physicians and dentists will show their commitment to those shared responsibilities by together offering attendees a free session of health information and screening.
| Friday, November 13 - Theme: Shared Roots I - Muslim Congregational Prayer and Jewish Sabbath | |
| 1:00 pm - Rabbi Tanenbaum at Masjid An-Noor; Rabbi Setel, Enid Bloch at the Islamic Cultural Association; Rabbi Lazarus-Klein at Masjid Nu'Man | |
| 7:30 pm - Imam Mangera at Temple Beth Am; Imam Omar at Temple Beth El; Imam Asari at Temple Sinai | |
| Saturday, November 14 - Theme: Shared Roots II - Jewish Sabbath & Torah Study | |
| 9:00 am - Torah Study - Imam Mangera at Temple Beth Am | |
| 10:00 am - Services and Torah Study - Imams Omar and Ansari at Temple Sinai | |
| Sunday, November 15 - Theme: Shared Responsibilities (at Masjid An-Noor) | |
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1:00 - 3:00 pm - Interfaith Community Projects Discussion by Imams and Rabbis |
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| 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Health Information & Screening by WNY Jewish/Muslim Dentists and Physicians | |
For more information, including a complete list of
participating Religious/Faith Communities, please click here.
Kehilath Sephardim + Jamaica Muslim Center
Sunday, November 15
A delegation from Kehilath Sephardim, a congregation largely composed of Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan will visit Jamaica Muslim Center from 2-4 PM Sunday, November 15. They will watch a documentary film Cities of Light about Muslim-Jewish cooperation in medieval Spain and then discuss the fact that the Bukharian Jews also lived in a predominantly Muslim culture in Uzbekistan for hundreds of years, with Jews and Muslims sharing a cultural affinity and mutual respect. They will talk about how they can co-operate going forward for the benefit of both communities. Both Kehilath Sephardim and Jamaica Muslim Center, located only a mile apart in Central Queens, are immigrant congregations (JMS is predominantly Bangladeshi) in the county with the highest percentage of immigrants anywhere in the U.S.
Kehilath Sephardim, 150-62 78th Road, Kew Gardens Hills, NY 718 591-9574/ Rabbi: Shlomo Nisanov, cell - 516 250 2008
Jamaica Muslim Center, (917) 340-5378, Imam Shamsi Ali, cell - 917 518 4083, info@shamsiali.com President Khwaja Mizan Hassan, president 917 340-5578
American Society for Muslim Advancement Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow + Generation R—(Young Russian-Speaking Jewish Professionals group)
Sunday November 15, 7 pm at JCC of Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave,
New York, NY 10023 (646) 505-4444.
Screening of the documentary film Cities of Light and follow up discussion.
American Society for Muslim Advancement Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (Rushda Majeed 212-870-2552)
Generation R—(Young Russian-Speaking Jewish Professionals group), Audrey Beeber David 646-505-4443
Queens College
Prof. Mark Rosenblum -cell 914 224 8064, mrapn@earthlink.net
Muslim and Jewish students at Queens College will hold a ceremony together with Queens-area Holocaust survivors in which they will vow to volunteer to do good works in the community in the coming year in tribute to the survivors. One of the students will dedicate himself or herself to working together with the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding to bring together synagogues and mosques in Queens and beyond.
#Islamic Center of Long island (ICLI) +Temple Beth El Great Neck
Sunday, November 22 at ICLI
Rabbi Meir Feldmann and Imam Zafar Sayeed each will give a talk on:"Importance of abraham to jews and muslims". The audience will take part
in Q/A and comments.
Temple Beth El of Great Neck 5 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023 tel-516 487-0900 (Rabbis Meir and Tara Feldman)
Islamic Center of Long Island, 835 Brush Hollow Road Westbury, NY 11590 tel 516 333-3495 /Habeeb Ahmed cell phone 516 581-5893, office 516 562-6402 e-mail: jifsha@yahoo.com)+ Sajid Shah, President, 516 633-7590
The New York Synagogue + Islamic Cultural Center of New York
Saturday, November 14
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali will hold a discussion on Saturday November 14 at 11 am - 12 noon at The New York Synagogue* on the theme “Is Halal Kosher? Is Kosher Halal? Abraham's Children Around The Table.”
*The New York Synagogue, temporary location at the headquarters of UJA-Federation, 130 East 59 Street, 7th floor. Tel 212 288-0018
Islamic Cultural Center of New York, 1711 3rd Ave. New York, NY 10029 tel-212/722-5234 (Imam Shamsi Ali c- 917 518 4083 info@shamsiali.com)
The New York Synagogue + Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Friday, November 13
Young Leadership of The New York Synagogue
Dinner at SOLO Restaurant, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding in dialogue with Dalia Mahmoud, founder and Executive Director of the Board of MPAC's (Muslim Public Affairs Council).
Limited seating; by reservation only. RSVP: 631-288-0534, ext. 13
Free Synagogue of Flushing + MasjidAl-Hikmah
Sunday, November 15, 11 am
Rabbi Weisser will bring a delegation of members of the Free Synagogue to a Meeting of the Children of Abraha, with Imam Shamsi and the members of Masjid Al-Hikmah
Rabbi Michael Weisser, Free Synagogue of Flushing c-917 816 1428 msweisser@yahoo.com
MasjidAl-Hikmah, Imam Shamsi Ali c 917 518-4083, 48-01 31st Ave. Astoria, NY
New York University -- Bronfman Center for Jewish Life + The Islamic Center at NYU
New York University -- Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, NYU 7 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003 tel-212 998-4123 (Rabbi Yehuda Sarna 212 998-4118 rabbi.sarna@nyu.edu) + The Islamic Center at NYU 371 6th Avenue, Basement Level (St. Joseph's Church), New York, NY 10014 (Imam Khalid Latif 732 904-1927; office phone 212 443-4978)
#Bay Shore Jewish Center + Masjid Darul Quran The Islamic Center of Long Island
Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15
Members of the Darul Quran will come to Bay Shore Jewish Center for Shabbat Services at 9:15 November 14. Members of the synagogue will visit the mosque on Sunday evening November 15.
Bay Shore Jewish Center, Bay Shore NY, Rabbi Leslie Schotz 631 665-1140, jcbs36@verizon.net
Masjid Darul Quran The Islamic Center of Long Island, 1514 E 3rd Ave Bay Shore, NY 11706, Phone: (631) 665-9462 Email: info@masjiddarulquran.com (Imam Muhammad A. Jabbar)
Sutton Place Synagogue + American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA Society)
Friday, November 13
Daisy Khan, executive director of the ASMA Society will visit Sutton Place for a special Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:15 pm.
Sutton Place Synagogue, 225 E 51st St New York, NY 10022 (212) 593-3300 (Rabbi Allan Schranz), aschranz@suttonplacesynagogue.org, 212-758-5745//Harriet Janover hjanover@spsnyc.org
American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA Society), 475 Riverside Drive Suite 248 New York, NY 10115, Phone: 212-870-2552
Kehillath Shalom Synagogue + Islamic Association of Long Island
Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, 58 Goose Hill Rd Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (631) 367-4589 (Rabbi Arthur Schwartz 631 271-1037//c-516 982-9389 rebarthur@cs.com)
Islamic Association of Long Island, 10 Park Hill Dr., Selden, NY 11784 (631) 732-1235 (Nayyar Imam)
SUNY Stony Brook Hillel + Muslim Students Association
SUNY Stony Brook, 101 Nicols Rd Stony Brook, NY 11794 (631) 444-3080
Hillel (Rabbi Joe Topek josephtopek@stonybrook.edu (631 632-6565)
Muslim Students Association, Sanaa Nadim c-631 987-7070 h-631 979 6156 sissanaa@aol.com
NORTH CAROLINA
#Temple Beth El + Masjid Ash-Shaheed
Saturday, November 14
Progressive Spirit Within Judaism/Christianity/Islam: A Dialog with Amad Shakur, Rabbi Judy Schindler and Dr. Stephen Shoemaker” on Saturday, November 14th, from 4:00-5:30 in Heaton Hall at Myers Park Baptist Church. This challenging discussion builds upon more than a decade of existing dialog and partnership between Temple Beth El and Myers Park Baptist Church in dialogue. For the past several years, our circle of conversation has been expanded to include the Islamic community and we are pleased to include Amad Shakur to this year’s discussion.
Our efforts to move toward peace through understanding and dialog here in Charlotte will be mirrored throughout the country. This program is part of a broader effort by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding , which is planning an historic event with dozens of mosques and synagogues across the continent that are all linking up for a weekend of twinning. Please join us for this important event that will offer an opportunity to further build the foundations for interfaith work in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Temple Beth El, 5101 Providence Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28226 (Rabbi Judy Schindler) 704 366-1948
Masjid Ash-Shaheed, 400 W Sugar Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28213, (704) 598-4274), Imam Khalil Akbar (with participation of Myers Park Baptist Church, 1931 Selwyn Ave, Charlotte, NC 28207 Myers Park Baptist Church - Rev. Steve Shoemaker)
OHIO
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Daniel Weiner Executive Director and Professor of Geography
Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 212 Yamada International House, 56 East Union Street, Athens, Ohio, 45701 (USA) Phone: 740-593-1889/1840
# Tifereth Israel + Islamic Foundation of Central Ohio
Tifereth Israel, 1354 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 253-8523 (Rabbi Michael Unger munger@tiferethisrael.org (614) 253-8523)
Islamic Foundation of Central Ohio 1428 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43205 (614) 253-3251, info@ifco-columbus.org
PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania Hillel + Muslim Students Assn + PRISM, an interfaith organization
Sunday, November 15
MSA, PRISM, and Hillel will hold a Weekend of Twinning event at Penn on November 15th. We're focusing on what our religions have to say about the environment and health by hosting a (kosher and halaal) salad buffet with representatives from the Penn student environment group.
For more information, please contact: U. Penn Hillel at 215-898-7391 or U. Penn MSA at 267-324-8484
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel + SANA Mosque
Friday,
November 13, 8 PM at Keneseth Israel
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park 19027-1597//215-887-8700 (Rabbi Lance Sussman)
SANA Mosque, Delran, N.J. Dr. Asad Saddiq, 609 599-1870
TEXAS
#Temple Shalom + Islamic Association of Carrollton
Sunday, November 15
The Islamic Association of Carrollton will be hosting Rabbi Jeremy Schneider this year on the evening of Sunday, November 15th for the Weekend of Twinning. We are working closely together to organize this event.
Temple Shalom, 6930 Alpha Road Dallas, TX, 75240, Tel: 972-661-1810 (Rabbi Jeremy Schneider)
Islamic Association of Carrollton, 1901 Kelly Blvd, Carrollton, TX 75007, Te1: 214-390-1120 (Azhar Azeez 214-769-0922)
VIRGINIA
All Dulles Area Muslim Society + Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
All Dulles Area Muslim Society, 46903 Sugarland Road, Sterling, VA 20164 (Imam Mohamed Magid 703 433-1325 x105// 571 437-9566), Sister Sa’na
Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, 1441 Wiehle Ave. Reston, VA 20190, 703 437-7733, Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk
WASHINGTON
# Seattle—Temple De Hirsh Sinai + Masjid Ar-Rahman (MAPS)
The two communities decided to postpone their twinning until Imam Joban returns from the Hajj. They are looking forward to working together going forward.
Seattle—Temple De Hirsh Sinai tel 206 323-8489 (Rabbi Daniel Hirsch)
Masjid Ar-Rahman (MAPS), 18001 NE 76th St., Suite 105, Redmond, WA 98052. Phone number (425) 861-9555 (Imam Mohamed Joban)
WEST VIRGINIA
# Islamic Foundation of Morgantown + Tree of Life Synagogue
Islamic Foundation of Morgantown, 724-322-6266, Dr. Sajid Peracha, speracha@yahoo.com
Tree of Life Synagogue, Rabbi David Feder, ravfeder@gmail.com, 304-292-7029 / 304-319-2193
WISCONSIN
#University of Wisconsin Hillel + Muslim Students Association
University of Wisconsin Hillel, 611 Langdon Street Madison, WI 53703, 608 256-8361 info@uwhillel.org (Rabbi Andrea Steinberger)
Muslim Students Association Madison, WI 53715
CANADA
ONTARIO
Temple Emanu-El, Toronto + Noor
Cultural Center, Ontario
Friday, November 13 and Sunday, November 15
Weekend of Twinning of Mosques and Synagogues Noor-Emanu-El
With Rabbi Debra Landsberg and Dr. Timothy Gianotti
Join us for the second annual Weekend of Twinning with Temple Emanu-El, part of a North America-wide initiative to bring Muslim and Jewish communities together. The theme of the Noor - Emanu-El twinning will be Face to Face: Discovering Our Selves in Our Others.
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| 1:00-1:15 p.m. | Welcome to Noor 1:20 p.m. |Call to prayers 1:30-2.00 p.m. | Jum'ah prayers with presentation by Rabbi Debra Landsberg: The Command of the Other 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Refreshments and socialization |
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Location: Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Road East (off Bayview, south of the 401), www.templeemanuel.ca |
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| 6:00 p.m. | Shabbat services followed by
dinner 8:00 p.m. | Light Upon Light spirituality discussion session with Dr. Timothy Gianotti: Glimpses of the Religious Ideal: Saints, spiritual masters, and other friends of God from both the Jewish and Islamic traditions Note: The dinner is compliments of Temple Emanu-El, but it is essential to reserve your space by Saturday November 7. Please RSVP to admin@noorculturalcentre.ca or 416.444.7148 ext.222, and indicate number of adults and children and any vegetarian meals. |
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| Sunday November 15, 2009 Location: Noor Cultural Centre |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome, breakfast and entertainment 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. | Lecture by Dr. Adnan Husain: The Judeo-Islamic Tradition: Perceptions of Religious Identity in Medieval History 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Response and discussion with Rabbi Debra Landsberg and Dr. Timothy Gianotti |
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Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Rd, Toronto, ON L4E, Canada(416) 449-3880 (Rabbi
Debra Landsberg (rabbi@templeemanuel.ca )
Noor Cultural Center, 123 Wynford Drive North York, ON M3C 1K1, Canada, (416)
444-7148 (Samira Kanji, President), Imam Timothy Gianotti (tjgianotti@gmail.com)
(skanjica@yahoo.ca)
Temple Sinai (Rabbi Dolgin, Ira Sweitzer) + North American Muslim Foundation, Habeeb Ali
Shaarei-Beth El Congregation of Oakville + Al-Falah Islamic Centre of Oakville
Shaarei-Beth El Congregation of Oakville and Al-Falah Islamic Centre of Oakville are hosting a twinning event on Saturday nov. 14th at SBE from 10:30-noon where A.Q. Mufti and Rabbi Wise will be having a dialogue about the issues suggested by the FFEU.
Congregation Darchei Noam + Islamic Foundation of Toronto
Saturday morning, November 14, 9-11 AM at Darchei Noam, Torah study, services, Kiddush and after-Kiddush discussion
Sunday afternoon, November 15, 12:30 – 3:30 PM (Islamic Foundation of Toronto) - prayers, lecture, meal
Our desire for the Weekend of Twinning is to build bridges, get to know each other, discover commonalities, and build on the mutual respect between our two congregations to put in place future meetings and create ongoing cooperation. We look forward to information sharing on the basic questions of ‘What is Judaism?’ and ‘What is Islam?’
Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto, ON M3H2T5 Rabbi Tina Grimberg 416 638-4783 reneedn@bellnet.ca
Islamic Foundation of Toronto, 441 Nugget Ave. Scarborough, ONT, M1S5E1, tel 416 321-0909 info@islamicfoundation.ca Imam Yusuf Badat
Temple Har Zion + Jafari Islamic Centre
Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7, Canada,
(905) 889-2252 (Rabbi Cory Weiss)
Jafari Islamic Centre, 7340 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7 tel (905) 881-1763, 416 725-2860 (Imam Muhammad Rizvi muhammad57@rogers.com)
#Beth Tzedeq + Canadian Council of Imams, Imam Abdul Hai-Patel
Saturday, November 14, 11:15 A.M.
Islam and Judaism: A Dialogue Between Cousins Rabbi Frydman-Kohl and Imam Hai-Patel
Beth Tzedeq, 1700 Bathurst St. Toronto, ONT M5P3K3, 416 781-3511, Rabbi Baruch Friedman-Kohl
Temple Solel + Ahmadiyya Community Toronto
Temple Solel, Rabbi Larry Englander, Executive Director Arliene Botnick, Toronto
EUROPE
BELGIUM
# Brussels
Grande Synagogue de la Rue de la Régence + Imam Mohamed Kajjaj
Grande Synagogue de la Rue de la Régence, Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui, Rue Joseph Dupont 2, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, 011-32 478 940 448 Albert.guigui@skynet.be
Imam Mohamed Kajjaj, Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier n° 44, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Kajjaj_bel@hotmail.com
FRANCE
ITALY
Milan
Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Pallavicini + Chief Rabbi of Milan, Rav Alfonso Arbib
Sunday morning, November 15
We are planning a session of dialogue on "Environment, Charity and Citizenship
Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Pallavicini, President of CO.RE.IS, the Italian Islamic Religious Community and Imam Nicola Benassi of Milan, Via Guiseppe Meda, 9, 20136 Milan, Italy, 011-39 340 1050633 Nicola.benassi@tiscali.it
Chief Rabbi of Milan, Rav Alfonso Arbib, with a delegation from the Jewish Community of Milan.
Florence
Chief Rabbi Dr. Joseph Levi + Sheikh Izzeddin Elzir
Chief Rabbi Dr. Joseph Levi, Comunita Ebraica Firenze, Siena, Via L.C. Farini, 4, Firenze 50121 Italy 011-39 055 245 252, firenzerav@gmail.com +
Sheikh Izzeddin Elzir (Florence), elzir@interfree.it
NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
Rabbi Raphael Evers + Imam Marzouk Aulad Abdellah
Rabbi Raphael Evers, Mozartkade 8, 1077 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 011-31 655 375 211, Rav.evers@planet.nl
Imam Marzouk Aulad Abdellah, Center for Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Theology VU University Amsterdam, Cell: 011-31 643 883 191, Marzouk_aa@hotmail.com
SWITZERLAND
Geneva
Chief Rabbi Izhak Dayan + Mr. Hafid Ouardiri
Chief Rabbi Izhak Dayan, 11, Rue Marignac, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland 011-41 796 642 789, dayani@comisra.ch
Mr. Hafid Ouardiri, Fondation de l'Entre-Connaissance, 14 rue du Môle, 1201 Genève 011-41 79 332 0055, fec@worldcom.ch
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON
Sunday, November 15
The recently-created Muslim-Jewish group "Children of Abraham" in collaboration with the group Scriptual Reasoning will mark the "Weekend of Twinning" and "National Inter Faith Week" in the U.K. with an event on Sunday November 15, 2009 at 6.00-6.30pm at the at the Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque . The event has been registered and publicized with the Department of Communities and Local Government which is sponsoring National Inter Faith Week in Britain, as an official event for that initiative.
The event will be chaired jointly by Imam Shahid Hussein of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque and Rabbi Mark Solomon, of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London. They will lead a shared text study on the theme of "Mosque and Synagogue". The event will be low key and social in tone. Rabbi Jackie Tabick and Imam Muhammad Al-Husseini will speak about their experiences as participants in the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding's Mission of European Imams and rabbis to the U.S., which took place last July and stimulated increased interest in Muslim-Jewish dialogue through Europe, especially in Britain and France.
Contact: Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al Hussaini, 011-44 20 7433 0838, Cell: 011-44 20 7443 5462, Muhammad.al-hussaini@interfaithalliance.org.uk
North West Surrey Synagogue + Kingston Mosque
Saturday, November 14, 9:30 AM at North West Surrey Synagogue, a delegation from the Kingston Mosque will come to the synagogue for a Torah breakfast where together members of the two congregations will learn about what our different faiths teach about Abraham and Sarah. At 10:45 we will begin our Sabbath service. Afterwards, we will share a snack and mingle together, hopefully a bit of a bridge between us.
North West Surrey Synagogue, Rabbi Jacqueline (Jackie) Tabick, 1 Ashbourne Grove, London, NW7 3RS, 011-44-208 959 3129, jackie.tabick@gmail.com
Kingston Mosque, Rashid Laher, Rashid.laher@blueyonder.co.uk