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SUMMARY:4-Day Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Holy Land
DESCRIPTION:4-Day Prayer Vigil for Peace\nSept 11-14\, 2025\n11am EDT\nPrayer for Peace & Compassion\nFeaturing different Palestinian and/or Israeli peace leaders each Vigil – all faiths and people welcome.\nHosted by International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra\, Rising Tide International’s Interfaith Lecturer Abed Manasra\, and US Chair David Less\n  \n\n\n\nPrayer vigil for peace in Israel/Palestine\, Featuring different Palestinian and/or Israeli peace leaders each Vigil – all faiths and people welcome. \nWe join our hearts\, minds\, and spirits across the world in connection for the manifestation of The Day After The War\, for peace and safety for all people in the Holy Land\, an end to the killing and bloodshed\, and healing. \nHosted by International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra\, Rising Tide International’s Abed Manasra\, and Co-Founder David Less \nRecordings\nThe Vigils will continue to be uploaded to our YouTube Channel as well.\nSUPPORT PEACE CLICK HERE\nWAYS TO SUPPORT PEACE RIGHT NOW\nDONATE to support the peacemakers: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/abrahamic-reunion/website-donations-copy \nINTERNATIONAL DONATION LINK: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E352158&id=1 \nThank you for supporting!! \nPAYPAL to theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com \nCONNECT on Instagram and Facebook and share posts to help spread the word.  \nINVITE Friends to the Prayer Vigil to be together: https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/ \nSUBSCRIBE to the AR Newsletter: https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/ \nPRAY Keep peace\, the Israelies\, Palestinians\, Gazans\, and especially the peacemakers in your daily prayers\, for peace\, protection\, and safety. And join us for the Prayer Vigil – Zoom Join Link Click Below \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriends of the Vigil\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\nHavurah Shir Hadash\, Ashland\, OR\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\nBecome Friend of the Vigil:\n\nHave your Congregation or Organization’s Logo listed on the Prayer Vigil Announcements & Website.\nForward this email and future vigil announcements to your congregation / organization / group\, post to social media\, and/or post on your website.\nConfirm and send your logo to chris@abrahamicreunion.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor a Vigil:\n\nHave your Congregation or Organization’s Logo listed on the Prayer Vigil Announcements & Website with special featuring and mention for the vigil that you sponsor.\nForward this email and future vigil announcements to your congregation / organization / group\, post to social media\, and/or post on your website.\nDonation of $2\,000 USD.\nConfirm and send your logo to chris@abrahamicreunion.org. Call 941-993-9994 for details.\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\nDear Friends of Peace\,\nThe conflict in the Holy Land is breaking so many hearts right now\, and no eye can be dry when aware of the level of pain\, suffering\, and destruction occurring in this sacred place.\nIt is incumbent on those who are in any way connected with the Abrahamic Reunion to use our most powerful force\, which is praying together for peace and compassion.\nWe have continually affirmed that religions\, coming together in the name of peace\, are a most potent force in awakening us to our connection with each other.\nIt is time for us to unite and use the power of prayer to reawaken the sleeping consciousness of those who are calling for more pain and more destruction and ask them\, through the power of peaceful prayer\, to cease hostilities and affirm the relationship of all human beings in the family of humanity.\nTowards that end we are initiating a prayer vigil every day to connect people of conscience with each other and magnetize the prayer for peace in unison with the will of God to create a truly holy and peaceful land.\nWe are all witnessing the powerful destruction and pain unleashed by human beings responding to emotional upheaval with violence.\nThe peace we are praying for is the power that can shift the balance in the Holy Land towards a gentle\, humane\, and just settlement amongst all aggrieved parties.\nPlease come and pray with us.\n\nThank you\,\n\nDavid Less\nChairman of the Board\nAbrahamic Reunion USA danceInterfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Holy Land
URL:https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/4-day-interfaith-prayer-vigil-for-peace-in-the-holy-land/
CATEGORIES:AR Germany,AR Holy Land,AR UK,AR USA,Interfaith Meeting,Online,Prayer,Spiritual Gathering
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SUMMARY:Songs of Peace -- International Peace Day Concert\, Online
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\nCalendar Invitation Click Here\nOnline Peace Concert for the Abrahamic Reunion’s 20th Anniversary + International Day of Peace\nSunday\, September 21st\, \n1pm EDT (6pm UK\, 7pm CET\, 8pm Holy Land) \nZoom Join Link — Click Here\nMusicians\, Spiritual Leaders\, and Peacemakers from around the world are coming together for a very special Online Peace Concert with live performances\, prayers\, inspirational moments\, and more! \nFeaturing music from Fred Rashid Johnson\, Amir Peter O’Loughlin\, Abd Alsalam Manasra\, Sura Charlier + Steven Thrush\, Pir Shabda Kahn\, & More! \nPrayers & words of inspiration from: Jack Kornfield\, Tamam Kahn\, Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered\, Ted Brownstein\, Sheikh Ghassan Manasra\, David Less\, and many more AR\, peace\, and global leaders TBA. \nContact: chris@abrahamicreunion.org \nMUSICAL OFFERINGS\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”\nPir Shabda Kahn\n\n\nPir Shabda Kahn is the Pir (spiritual director) of Sufi Ruhaniat International and a Spiritual Guide for the Dances of Universal Peace\, succeeding Murshid Samuel Lewis and his lineage. He is also a teacher and performer of Hindustani classical vocal music in the Kirana Gharana tradition\, as well as a disciple of the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche. Shabda Kahn leads Sufi retreats\, emphasizing practices like breath mysticism\, zikr\, and music to foster a universal spiritual path based on love\, tolerance\, compassion\, and courage. \n\n\n\nAmir Peter O’Loughlin\nAmir O’Loughlin has been one of North America’s pioneering ambassadors of inter-spiritual music for over 45 years. In the early 1980’s he led The Vancouver Sufi Choir and recorded (with Aziza Cooper) a groundbreaking collection of chants and songs from the world’s many religious traditions. In 1985\, Amir founded and conducted The Universal Gospel Choir\, a powerhouse interfaith vocal ensemble that just celebrated its 40th anniversary. He has produced two highly acclaimed albums of his own contemporary Sufi Music (‘Merhaba’ and his collection of musical settings of Rumi poetry ‘Opener of Wings’ with The Keemia Ensemble)\, and led hundreds of spiritual music events and “Universal Kirtans”\, an interfaith approach to Kirtan chanting and group singing. \nSura Charlier + Steven Thrush\nSura has over 45 years of experience as a professional performer\, arranger\, composer\, private teacher\, music director\, and recording artist skilled in the styles of classical\, jazz\, blues\, Latin\, gospel\, R & B\, flamenco\, show music\, pop\, and sacred music (classical through contemporary.)  Credits include membership in the Roadside Attraction Big Band\, (including the Duke Ellington Sacred Concert\, Gig Harbor and Bellevue Jazz Festivals)\, pit orchestras for touring broadway shows\, the Village Theater\, Civic Light Opera\, Shoreline Community College\, Broadway Bound Children’s Theater\, and performances with the Seattle Philharmonic\, the Federal Way Symphony\, the Federal Way Swing Band\, the Seattle Seahawks Band\, Lynyrd Skynyrd \, Arthur Duncan\, and La Peña Flamenca de Seattle.  Sura was a founding member of the Cascade Jazz Quintet\, performing in multimedia concerts of poetry\, nature photography\, original live music\, and dance. In addition to her work as a professional composer/performer soulgardenmusic.com\, Sura serves as a spiritual teacher\, guide\, retreat guide sacredhealingsacredretreat.com\, and healing conductor in the Universal Sufi lineage of Hazrat Inayat Khan\, and is a minister of the Universal Worship Service.  She is the founder/director of the Kalyan Center kalyancenter.org\, a center for arts\, letters\, and spirituality. \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. \nRabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin\nRabbi Ytzhak Husbands-Hankin is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Israel in Eugene\, Oregon. He is the founder of the Swords Into Plowshares project of UNESCO. This project envisions the turning from global militarism to global peacebuilding.  Rabbi Yitz is an accomplished musician playing cello\, guitar\, composing and recording his songs. \nPRESENTERS\nJack Kornfield\n\nJack trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand\, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology\, and is a father\, husband\, and activist. His books include A Path with Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; After the Ecstasy\, the Laundry; The Art of Forgiveness\, Lovingkindness and Peace; The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology; and Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are.\n\nRabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered\n\nRabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered was born in Jerusalem a third-generation interfaith activist\, and was brought up in a religious\, liberal\, and Zionist home. After being ordained by the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem\, she became the rabbi of Nigun Halev\, a liberal Jewish congregation in the Jezreel Valley. She is the Co-Director of Spirit of Galilee\, an interfaith dialogue organization in Israel\, and a long-time collaborator with the Abrahamic Reunion\, since 2019. https://www.spiritofthegalilee.org.il/ \n\nImam Khalil Albaz\nImam Khalil is a Bedouin Spokesman and Imam\, caretaker of the Mosque in Tel Sheva\, in the Negev. Khalil took part in the annual Bearing Witness retreat in Auschwitz. He is a co-founder of the Abrahamic Reunion with his late wife\, Sana Albaz\, and has been a passionate voice for peace in the Negev and Holy Land for decades. \nTamam Kahn\nTamam Kahn is a poet\, lecturer\, and author of two books about the women in the family of Prophet Muhammad: Untold\, A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammad and Fatima’s Touch: Poems and Stories of the Prophet’s Daughter. She is a senior teacher in the Sufi Ruhaniat International. She has been immersed in Sufism for 40 years. \nRev. Dr. Gary Mason\n\nThe Rev. Dr. Gary Mason is a Methodist minister who founded and directs the Belfast-based conflict transformation nonprofit Rethinking Conflict. Previously\, he spent 28 years as a Methodist clergyperson in Belfast and played a role in the Irish peace process. \n\nTed Brownstein\nAR USA Board of Directors member Ted Brownstein is a Jewish-Baha’i living in Lake Worth\, Florida with his wife\, Chris. He holds a Master’s Degree in Biblical Hebrew from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He teaches various seminars and courses on Christian\, Muslim and Bahá’í topics at Magdalene Carney Bahá’í Institute and has developed and taught classes for the Wilmette Institute on Judaism\, Christianity\, and the Bible. He was the co-founder of Lake Worth Interfaith Network in 2005 and currently serves on its Board of Directors and as Treasurer. He has served as an Ambassador for the Parliament of the World’s Religions\, 2015 – 2021. He is the author of four books.\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/songs-of-peace-international-peace-day-concert-online/
LOCATION:Zoom\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:AR Germany,AR Holy Land,AR UK,AR USA,Concert / Music,Fundraiser,Interfaith Meeting,Online,Prayer
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