Sixty imams and rabbis gather in Washington to trade ideas for advancing interfaith understanding
Frustrated by high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered in late November to hatch concrete plans to bridge the gulf between their communities.
Organizers hope that the 2014 Summit of Washington Area Imams and Rabbis will be the first of many such gatherings of Jewish and Muslim clergy in cities across the United States.
After prayers and a kosher-halal lunch at a Washington synagogue, the clergy resolved to limit feel-good talk and spent the afternoon trading ideas. Among them: joint projects to feed the homeless, basketball games between Muslim and Jewish teens, Judaism 101 courses for Muslims, and Islam 101 for Jews.
