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SUMMARY:NYE Unity Prayer & Peace Concert
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\nNew Years Eve — Dec 31st\, 11am EST\nFree! / Donation –> RSVP via Eventbrite \nJoin the Abrahamic Reunion and friends to set the intention for peace\, salaam\, and shalom at the turning of the year. \nFeaturing: \n\nFred Johnson\, renowned jazz singer\, musician\, performer\, & workshop leader\nBayati Ensemble\, from Kansas City\, MO (Featuring Amir & Amory)\nBarbara Schmitz\, Poet from Nebraska\nDavid Less\, AR USA Co-Chair\, Co-Founder\nSheikh Ghassan Manasra\, AR International Director\, Peacemaker for 35+ Years\nRabbi David Zaslow\, Havurah Shir Hadash\, Ashland\, Oregon\nMore Guests TBA!\n\nFree Zoom Join Link via Eventbrite Registration \n  \nYair Dalal\nYAIR DALAL composer\, violinist\, oud player singer and a teacher; A prolific ethnic musician\, plays an important role in shaping the global world music scene. Over the last decade he has put 12 albums\, covering wide and varied cultural territory\, and authentically representing Israeli \, Jewish and Middle Eastern cultures and fusing them through music as whole. \nFred Johnson\nFred Johnson The Artist BIO – TNT Groove International artist\, Frederick “Fred” Johnson was born in Morristown New Jersey and has been making music for as long as he can remember. He has spent the last 50 years sharing the great tradition of vocal jazz interpretation and improvisation with audiences throughout the world. He has performed and recorded with as well as opened for some of the greatest of America’s Jazz and R&B Icons\, Joe Williams\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Miles Davis\, Chick Corea\, Cedar Walton\, Ramsey Lewis\, Joe Zawinul\, Aretha Franklin\, George Benson\, Richard Elliot\, Patti LaBelle\, just to name a few. He is rooted in the ancient vocal practices of melodic narrative and has been nurtured by masters of the West African oral traditions. He has likewise spent a lifetime studying and performing this great American treasure\, Jazz! He cherishes the joy of makin’ music and states it with a smile on his face during every performance\, thrilling audiences of all kinds around the world! Fred believes that Music heals and  touches the world\, one heart at a time. “What greater gift than to be a part of creating these experiences for humanity.\, Fred Johnson”\n\nBarbara Schmitz studied writing at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics where she was Allen Ginsberg’s apprentice. She taught writing and literature at Northeast College for thirty years\, founded and coordinated the Visiting Writer’s Series there. Two of her five volumes of poetry have won the Nebraska Center for the Writer awards. Her latest Just Outside was published by Sandhills Press in 2019. Sundown at Faith Regional is forthcoming from Pinyon which published her memoir Path of Lightning: A Seeker’s Jagged Journey about spiritual practice\, relationship and travel with her Sufi guide to India\, Turkey\, Bali\, and Jerusalem. She lives on Highway 81 with husband Bob writing to the rhythms of the Highway River and practicing meditation. \nBayati Music Ensemble \nBayati performs classical Arabic and Middle Eastern Music\, based in Kansas City\, MO. \n\n  \n  \n  \nRabbi David Zaslow\nServes as Rabbi of Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland\, Oregon\, where he has hosted Sheikh Ghassan Manasra of the Abrahamic Reunion. Rabbi David Zaslow was born in Brooklyn\, New York in 1947. He was ordained in 1995 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi under the supervision and mentorship of Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield. In the summer of 1996 he became spiritual leader of the Havurah\, which was founded in June 1985. In 2003 he completed his term as a Spiritual Advisor to ALEPH\, the umbrella organization of the Jewish Renewal movement. He is a longstanding interfaith advocate and leader.\nAbed Alsalam Manasra\nSheikh Abd alsalam Manasra is Interreligious Dialogue Lecturer for Rising Tide International in Sarasota\, FL\, the Israeli Programs Manager for the Abrahamic Reunion\, and an ordained Sheikh in the Tariqat Qadriyya As-Salaam (Qadiri Sufi Order Of Peace). He is also a musician and actively organizes interfaith dialogue and gatherings for youth and young adults in and around Nazareth and across the Holy Land\, and interfaith programs in Sarasota FL and internationally. \nSheikh Ghassan Manasra\nSheikh Ghassan Manasra is an ordained Sheikh in the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land\, and son of Sheikh Abdel Salaam Manasra – head of the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land. He is the founder of Anwar-Il-Salaam\, the Lights of Peace Center in Nazareth\, and Director of Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth. He is International Executive Director of Abrahamic Union. \nGhassan is an expert and lectures in Islam\, Islamic history\, Sufism\, and contemporary Muslim issues in the Middle East\, Europe\, and the USA. He is married to daughter of late Sheikh Baghdadi\, renowned Muslim leader\, and Holy Land facilitator in interfaith dialogue projects. Ghassan has received multiple awards and accolades for his peacemaking\, including most recently the 2014 “Outstanding Leader in Interreligious Dialogue Award” from the Dialogue Institute at Temple University. \nDavid Less\nDavid Less is a global meditation teacher\, author\, and peacemaker known for his decades of work in interfaith dialogue and conflict resolution. A lifelong practitioner of Sufism\, he is a co-founder and current chairman of the Abrahamic Reunion\, a non-profit dedicated to peacebuilding in the Holy Land. 
URL:https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/nye-unity-prayer-peace-concert/
CATEGORIES:AR Germany,AR Holy Land,AR USA,Interfaith Meeting,Online
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SUMMARY:Coexistence During Conflict
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM JOIN LINK CLICK HERE\nCOEXISTENCE DURING CONFLICT\nArab-Jewish Cooperation and Dialogue within Israeli Society\nin Light of Regional Conflicts\nWednesday\, May 20th\, 2026 on ZOOM\n1pm – 2:30pm EDT\n\nFeatured Leaders:\n\nAvraham Burg\, Former Head of the Kenesset\nMohammed Hassan Kanaan\, Arab Bloc Leader\nDr. Warda Sada\, Women Wage Peace\nDeacon Jiries Mansour\, Christian Education of the Holy Land\nAvi Shaked\, Businessman\, Politician\nGhadir Hani\, Standing Together\nProf. Dr. Muhamad Hugerat\nNoa Kali\, Standing Together\nSheikh Ghassan Manasra\, Abrahamic Reunion\nDavid Less\, Abrahamic Reunion\nSheikh Abed Manasra\, Abrahamic Reunion\n\nEVENT INFO: \nHigh-level Political\, Peace\, and Cultural Leaders from the Holy Land join together to discuss the work to create coexistence in Israeli society. This International Zoom kicks off a year of meetings and programs to advance shared society. \nPeace is Possible \nשלוםאפשרי \nالسلام ممكن \n  \nIn light of the ongoing regional conflicts and challenges\, there is an urgent need to strengthen spaces for dialogue and mutual understanding among the different components of Israeli society\, particularly between Arab and Jewish leaderships and community representatives. This meeting is based on the belief that sincere and responsible dialogue serves as a vital tool for strengthening social cohesion\, reducing tensions\, and building a more humane environment grounded in mutual respect\, diversity\, and partnership. \n  \nThe meeting aims to bring together academic\, educational\, social\, and community figures from diverse backgrounds to engage in meaningful discussions on pathways for cooperation and joint action within the current reality. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of local and community leadership in promoting peacebuilding\, civic partnership\, and social responsibility. Furthermore\, the meeting seeks to establish a sustainable foundation for future initiatives that integrate human\, social\, and psychological dimensions\, transforming dialogue into an ongoing and impactful process. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Leaders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAvraham Burg\nFormer Head of the Kenesset \nAvraham “Avrum” Burg (Hebrew: אברהם “אברוּם” בוּרג; born 19 January 1955) is an Israeli author\, politician\, and businessman.[1] He was a member of the Knesset\, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel\, Head of the Knesset\, and interim President of Israel. He was the first Head of the Knesset to have been born in Israel after its declaration of independence in 1948. A member of the Labor Party when he was a member of the Knesset\, Burg announced in January 2015 that he had joined Hadash.[2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMuhammed Hassan Kanaan\nArab Bloc Leader \nKanaan worked as a high school teacher in Tamra (1979)\, and then \nDeputy Mayor of Tamra from 1980 to 1988\, and then Chairman of the Board of Directors in Tamra (1989–1981)\, and President of the Association. He has been with Al-Sadaqa in Tamra since 1985 and became the general manager in The Arab Democratic Party in the years 1989–1990\, He is a member of the Committee for the Appointment of Sharia Judges and has served as a member of \nThe Knesset on the United Arab List and the Nationalist Party \nAl-Arabi in December (2008)\, and Kanaan joined the Centrist Party \nAl-Arabi came in second on the Knesset list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGhadir Hani\nStanding Together\, Ambassador of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation \nGhadir Hani (Arabic: غدير هاني; born November 3\, 1977) is an Arab-Israeli educator and mediator\, columnist\, social activist\, and advocate for Jewish-Arab coexistence. She is a member of the leadership of the Standing Together movement and the Women Wage Peace movement. She is the recipient of the 2018 Sami Michael Award for Social Activism\, the 2020 Israeli Hope Award for Promoting Partnership in Israeli Society\, the 2024 Goldberg Award\, the 2025 Raya Foundation Award\, the Luxembourg Prize for 2025\, and the Ben-Gurion Award for 2025.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAvi Shaked\nBusinessman\, Politician \nAuthor of “The Greater the Risk: The Imporbable Rise of an Israeli International Business Leader and Peacemaker.”  Avi Shaked is a pioneering tech entrepreneur and co-founder of 888.com (now Evoke plc)\, which was founded in Israel and now employs 12\,000 people. A graduate of Ben-Gurion University\, he has led ventures across telecommunications\, online gaming\, and digital innovation. Alongside his business achievements\, Avi is a passionate advocate for peace\, dedicating his time and resources to advancing Israeli-Palestinian dialogue and reconciliation. His career reflects a commitment to both bold innovation and bridge-building diplomacy. In 2025\, Avi became co-chairman of Israel’s “Together We Succeed” party\, which promotes equality between Jews and Arabs and aims to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. https://avishaked.com/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeacon Jiries Mansour\, PhD\nChristian Education in Israel \nDeacon Jiries is a Co-Founder of the Abrahamic Reunion\, and oversees Christian Education & Schools in Israel. He is a Christiaxn Arab\, Deacon in the Greek Catholic Church\, former Principal of St Anthony’s Middle School in the town of Rama (Rame) in the Galilee. Under Jiries’ leadership\, a new school has been developed in Rama promoting interfaith tolerance. He has also organized numerous youth interfaith projects and events. Jiries has his doctorate in the role of Christians in peace in the Middle East.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Warda Sada\nWomen Wage Peace \nDr. Warda Saada is an educator and activist in the fields of human rights\, civil rights\, women’s rights\, children’s rights\, and workers’ rights. She is committed to encouraging healthy public dialogue that connects different sectors of society and advocates for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. \nShe is an active member of more than twenty local and international organizations working for peace\, and through her social and humanitarian engagement\, she strives to promote the values of justice\, human dignity\, coexistence\, and dialogue among peoples and communities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Prof. Dr. Muhamad Hugerat\nScholar\, Scientist\, Arab National Party\, Political Commentator \nProf. Dr. Muhamad Hugerat is a renowned scholar in science and chemistry education\, recognized for his contributions to innovative teaching and research-based learning. Prof. Hugerat is a mamber of the Arab National Party and frequent television and radio commentator for International and National news issues. Currently\, he is a Professor of Science Education and Vice President at the Academic Arab College for Education in Haifa\, Israel. He has held prominent roles\, including Head of the Chemistry Education Department and of various centers focused on student-active learning and action research in science teaching. Additionally\, he serves as Editor in Chief of the DARUNA Journal and is affiliated with the Center of Science Education at The Galilee Society in Shefaram.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSheikh Hasan Tarif\nDruze Sheikh \nSheikh Hasan is the son of Druze Spiritual Leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif\, and a Sheikh in the Druze Faith.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Khalid Abu Ras\nAbrahamic Reunion Israel \nDr. Khalid Abu Ras is a scholar and lecturer specializing in Islamic thought\, Arabic literature\, and Sufism. He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies and Arabic Literature from Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Abu Ras lectures in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at Sakhnin Academic College and also teaches in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on Islamic mysticism\, medieval Islamic philosophy\, and contemporary Islamic thought\, and he is likewise affiliated as a researcher with the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. In 2023\, his book The Ṣūfī Shaykh of Jerusalem: The Life and Teachings of Shaykh Muḥammad Hāshim al-Baghdādī was published. Alongside his academic work\, Dr. Abu Ras is actively engaged in Ṣūfī spiritual education and in promoting interreligious dialogue in Israel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbed Manasra\nAbrahamic Reunion Programs Director \nSheikh Abed Alsalam Manasra is the Programs Director for the Abrahamic Reunion. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Tariqat Qadriyya As-Salaam (Qadiri Sufi Order Of Peace in the Holy Land)\, in which his father is also a Sheikh\, and his Grandfather\, Abdelsalam Manasra\, is the Head Sheikh. He is a musician\, performing classical Arabic and Sufi music and hymns with his wife\, and works with young adults and youth to organize interfaith dialogue and gatherings in and around Nazareth.  Abed@abrahamicreunion.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Less\nAbrahamic Reunion Co-Founder\, US Chair \nDavid Less is a global teacher of meditation\, conflict resolution and inter-faith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he has been the Global Dean of the Universal Worship\, an organization in over thirty countries\, that honors the commonality in all religions and appreciates and respects the differences. He started promoting understanding rather than blame as a path to peace in the Holy Land in 2000 and was one of the founders of the Abrahamic Reunion shortly thereafter.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGhassan Manasra\nAbrahamic Reunion International Director \nSheikh Ghassan Manasra\, International Director of the Abrahamic Reunion\, oversees programming in the Holy Land and Internationally since 2015. He was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land from 2014-2015\, before moving to the US with his family\, and has been an active contributing Peacemaker with the AR for more than a decade. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land\, and son of Sheikh Abdel Salaam Manasra – head of the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land. He is the founder of Anwar-Il-Salaam\, the Lights of Peace Center in Nazareth\, and is Director\, Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth. Ghassan is an expert and lectures in Islam\, Islamic history\, Sufism\, and contemporary Muslim issues in the Middle East\, Europe\, and the USA. Ghassan@abrahamicreunion.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoa Kali \nStanding Together \nNoa Kali is an educator from the Western Galilee\, who believes in coexistence and peace and has strived all her life to achieve that through civil activism and through education. She is a leading member of Standing Together – the Western Galilee Circle.
URL:https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/coexistence-during-conflict/
LOCATION:Zoom\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:AR Holy Land,AR USA,Interfaith Meeting
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SUMMARY:Online Interreligious Dialogue Circle: "Humility & Empathetic Listening"
DESCRIPTION:Peace Through Understanding:\nKnowing ‘The Other’ via Interreligious Dialogue\nMonthly Topic: “Who is God? Nature and Names”\nJewish\, Muslim\, Christian\, & Baha’i Insights \nZoom Link Click Here\nFormat: \nThis series features presentations from each religious tradition for 5-10 minutes per presenter\, small-group discussions\, followed by a full-group reflection and discussion of the theme. \nPlease come ready to dialogue with an open mind\, and learn about others’ practices and beliefs. \nThis is a welcoming space where we learn more deeply about our own traditions and selves by learning about each other’s perspectives and traditions on common stories\, themes\, and practices. \nBy knowing each other’s traditions\, we dismantle separation\, fear of the unknown\, misconception\, and create a more connected\, understanding\, and inclusive world. All Welcome– Peace starts with each of us! \nRECORDINGS of past Text Study Sessions now available on the AR Website and Youtube. \nWith Sheikh Abd Alsalam Manasra of Rising Tide International\, Ted Brownstein of Lake Worth Interfaith Network\, Rev. David Grishaw-Jones\, Rebeckah Dickerson of Templa Adath Or\, Chris Miller of Abrahamic Reunion\, or other Leaders & Friends \nContact: theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com
URL:https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/online-interreligious-dialogue-june-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:AR USA,Interfaith Meeting,Interfaith Text Study / Scriptural Reasoning,Online
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