Abrahamic Reunion

Weekly Prayer Vigil (Monday)
2021-09-13 11:00 - 11:10 (America/New_York)
10 Minutes of Prayer for Peace & Compassion
Weekly, Starting Thursday, June 3rd

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Dear Friends of Peace,
The 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.
It 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.
We 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.
It 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.
Towards 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.
We are all witnessing the powerful destruction and pain unleashed by human beings responding to emotional upheaval with violence.
The 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.
Please come and pray with us.

Thank you,

David Less
Chairman of the Board
Abrahamic Reunion USA dance

Weekly Prayer Vigil
2021-09-01 11:00 - 11:10, 2021-08-25 11:00 - 11:10, 2021-08-18 11:00 - 11:10, 2021-08-11 11:00 - 11:10, 2021-07-21 11:00 - 11:10 (America/New_York)

Building Inner Resilience for Peace: An Experiential Workshop
2021-08-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world
until we make peace with ourselves.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
Back by popular demand!

Join this 3-Session Online Workshop offered as a fundraiser for the Abrahamic Reunion
Mondays – August 9, 16, 23
12:00 – 1:30pm EDT / 5:00pm London

With Long-Time Supporters
Glenn Sackett and Debra Sofia Cope

Note: This 3-Session Workshop will be recorded. You can participate real-time or catch the recordings and follow along at a time that’s convenient for you.
Suggested Donation Levels:
NEW: $5/mo or more
If you are already a monthly donor, RSVP to chris@abrahamicreunion.org
Friend: $50 ~ Supporter: $90 ~ Upholder: $180 ~ Sustainer: $360

As human beings, we are more adaptable and resilient than we realize. In this live, experiential workshop, behavioral science and professional experience are woven together into a sustainable practice. By awakening to the true nature of resilience, you will cultivate internal harmony, confidence and stability: the foundation for a more peaceful world.
Based on research, vetted by experience:
Drawing from the research of Bryan Sexton, associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke’s School of Medicine: This experiential, interactive program has been taught to hundreds of thousands who live and work in high-stress situations. Bryan is an expert in cultivating resilience, the ability to bounce back from life’s obstacles.
Glenn Sackett and Debra Sofia will lead you through a process of self-discovery and awareness to cultivate your resilience to life’s changing circumstances to become the peace we wish to see in the world.
Discover how to draw from the Inner Wellspring, regardless of what life throws at you. Acquire new tools to deal with disruptions thrown your way, both personally and professionally. With this training you’ll develop greater ease and harmony in your life, gain tools to withstand the most adverse conditions, and cultivate your Personal Resilience Plan.
Meet Your Coaches:

Nature explorer, photographer, and chaplain Glenn Sackett guides workshops on building resilience in life. Glenn trained under Bryan Sexton of Duke University to awaken the capacity to bounce back and stay focused in life. As a chaplain and photographer, he has learned to see clearly what matters most: to be receptive to what life is providing. So, too with the practice of resilience.
Listen to a recent interview with Glenn Sackett: Exploring Beauty and Resilience in Nature and in All Our Relations

Adding breathing practices and visualization to the process, Debra Sofia Cope is a 35-year Sufi practitioner in the Inayatiyya and the Ruhaniat Sufi Orders. As a Charaga and Retreat Guide, she is dedicated to helping others remove the veils of separation and to cultivate inner peace.
Visit Debra Sofia at Kabbalah99.com

Course Schedule

Week 1:

Acknowledge the inner resilience you already have
Develop your Purpose Story: your “Foundation of Resilience”
Discover 3 Evergreen Energies that support and protect you
Practice 3 powerful Resilience Tools you can use right away

Week 2:

Cultivate the 4th Evergreen Energy (Hint: it has to do with connectivity)
Gain momentum through Positive Adaptive Change
Inhabit the Serenity Zone for ease, harmony and effectiveness
Develop Keystone Habits that allow you to live with momentum, joy, harmony, and connection!

Week 3:

Explore the role of Awe and Wonder
Ask your questions and have your specific needs addressed
Bring greater peace to your mind, body and spirit by cultivating your Personal Resilience Plan

Building Inner Resilience for Peace
Experiential Workshop
Using Journal Moments, Breakout Rooms and Group Practice,
We’ll Share Mindfulness Practices and Tools to Cultivate
Personal and Professional Resilience to
Support You and Your Communities!
TESTIMONIALS
Responses of previous participants when asked:
“Wow! I really needed this now. I wish we had more time for this.”
“I am grateful for both of your insights and words of encouragement. It was a wonderful afternoon; your energy and synergy are beautiful. The most helpful part was feeling heard and encouraged to express fears and concerns, but then creatively discussing solutions.”
“Enjoyed the session. The breathing exercise in the beginning was the most helpful part.”
“So thankful for the opportunity to be real and open up things that are uncomfortable for ways to overcome. The most helpful part was how to be grateful in spite of change.”
“Thank you for focusing on us and allowing us to express ourselves. Learning to let go of things you can’t control but also to look for a positive resolution was the most helpful part.”
“Wonderful! Discovering “Awe” moments was the most helpful.”
“Thank you for sharing your insight and wisdom and tools with us! The most helpful part was to focus on Three Good Things.”
“Talking about mindful words – putting a positive spin on conversations was the most helpful part.”
“Very worthwhile.”
“Very helpful tools.”

100% of your tax-deductible donation goes directly to The Abrahamic Reunion

Suggested Donation:
Friend: $50
Supporter: $90
Upholder: $180
Sustainer: $360

Peacebuilding in the Pandemic ~ Annual Report & Conversation with the Abrahamic Reunion's Board of Directors & Staff
2021-08-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
You’re warmly invited to join the Abrahamic Reunion’s Board of Directors & Staff for an online presentation and conversation on…

Sunday, August 1st, 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT
Commemoration, Reflection & Conversation
Updates on the Current State of Peacebuilding & Forward-looking Visions
Zoom Join Link ~ RSVP via Eventbrite

Building Peace during the global pandemic has been both a challenge to and a source of growth for our work in the Holy Land.
The Board of Directors of the Abrahamic Reunion invites you to an hour of commemoration, conversation, and celebration of our work.
We’ll recall the lives touched, share our accomplishments and overview, update you on the current state of peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine following the recent Gaza War, and look toward the future of how the Abrahamic Reunion building peace.
You’re most likely receiving this email because you’ve supported the Abrahamic Reunion or are connected with our work, you’ve made our work possible, and we offer you this retrospective.
If you’re new to the Abrahamic Reunion, please join as well! We couldn’t think of a better introduction and overview of who we are and how we’re activating religion as a force for peace.
We’ll reserve time for Q&A at the end of our time together.
Read the Annual Report on Issuu
2020 Annual Report on Peacebuilding (PDF)
Read the Report on our Website

Join us Sunday, the 1st of August 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT
Abrahamic Reunion Annual Peacebuilding Report
Private Zoom Room (Click To Join)

Featured presentations, conversation, Q&A:

Welcome & Introduction – Neil Rothenberg
Presentation of the Annual Report – Chris Miller
Reflections from the Board of Directors – US Board of Directors:Hermione Garland, Michael Macy, Ted Brownstein, Anna Less, Ira Harritt, Neil Rothenberg & David Less
Peacebuilding in Israel – Abed Manasra
Peacebuilding in Palestine – Mohamad Jamous
International Director’s Message – Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Chairman’s Keynote – David Less
Q & A and Conversation – Facilitated by Michael Macy
Closing Words – Neil Rothenberg
Closing Moment of Peace – Hermione Garland & Ted Brownstein

“The Prayer of Light” - Unity Prayer from the Holy Land
2021-07-29 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Featuring Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze Prayer Leaders from Palestine & Israel:
Sheikh Abed al-Majeed Amarneh, Mufti of Bethlehem
Siham Halabi, Druze Co-Founder of the Abrahamic Reunion
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, City Shul, Toronto
Deacon Jiries Mansour, Rame, Co-Founder of the Abrahamic Reunion
Yasmin Sub Laban, Jerusalem

Hosted by David Less & Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

July 29th, 11am EDT, 4pm London, 6pm Israel Time
Zoom Link

In response to this particularly difficult time, the Abrahamic Reunion is drawing together—virtually—those women and men of the Holy Land who have dedicated their lives to creating peace and understanding.

Even when group prayer is virtual, people who pray together have a powerful effect. This is true not only for Israel and Palestine, but throughout the world. Communal prayer and meditation, with a focus on the common good, can create the shift in consciousness that we all seek.
At each Online Unity Prayer for the Holy Land, religious leaders and holy peacemakers in Israel and Palestine will join together on zoom and lead 45 minutes of prayer.
2021 Unity Prayer Schedule:

March 25th – Love
May 27th – Protection
July 29th – Light
September 30th – Giving
November 18th – Forgiveness
December 31st – New Beginning

David Less, AR Board Chairman, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director, will virtually host on-site Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders as well as one spiritual musician in the Holy Land.
Please join us. The addition of your prayer energy will help build the change we all seek.
Peace, Salaam, Shalom

Bios

Siham Halabi
Siham Halabi is a Druze leader and the Director of the Women’s Program and Adult Education at the Daliat Al Carmel Community Center providing courses in women’s economic empowerment, home management, drivers education, Hebrew and Arabic languages, social activism, and interfaith understanding. She is a Coordinator of the TRUST WIN, a member of the Women’s Parliament and various orgaizations for dialogue and understanding between the cultures, and for the advancement of women and social issues affecting women. She is a Druze spokeswoman representing Druze women in national forums.
Sheikh Abed Al-Majeed Amarneh
Mufti of Bethlehem District of Palestine since 2004. Sheikh Abd-El Majeed earned his Master in Islamic Studies from Alquds University in 2013 and serves as the Mufti of Bethlehem since 2004. He has been an Imam of Al Alqsa Mosque since 1985 and Bethlehem Mosques since 1979. He is known for his work on Islamic-Christian relations from the Muslim perspective as well as his awareness work within the international community on the brotherhood between Muslims and Christians in Palestine. Sheikh Abd El-Majeed has a long history of presenting TV programs on local TV and radio channels on the themes of Islamic Christian Relations as well as women’s rights.

Yasmin Sub Laban
Yasmin practices law in Jerusalem, after getting her degree at Al-Quds University. She is 23 years old, and a member of the Abrahamic Young Peacebuilders in Palestine.

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein is the visionary spiritual leader of The City Shul in Toronto, Canada.
Rabbi Goldstein is known throughout Canada as an outstanding educator. She founded Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning in 1991; she was its director and principal teacher for 20 years. Kolel was recognized worldwide as a leading institution in the field of Jewish adult education. In 2005 she was awarded North America’s highest honour for Jewish Education, The Covenant Award For Outstanding Educators.
Deacon Jiries Mansour
Deacon Jiries Mansour is a Christian Arab, deacon in the Greek Catholic Church, and 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 on the role of Christians in peace in the Middle East.

David Less
Abrahamic Reunion US Board Chair

David Less is a global teacher of meditation and interfaith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he was 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. To contact, reach out to info@abrahamicreunion.org

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Abrahamic Reunion International Director

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land until moving to the US in 2015, 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

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World Unity Week Online Program - Exact Date TBA
2021-06-19 08:00 - 2021-06-26 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Abrahamic Reunion for an online program with the Peacebuilders for World Unity Week!
Details and Date TBA

Building Resilience for Peace™
2021-06-14 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Build Your Inner Resilience while Contributing to Peace in the Holy Land

Building Resilience for Peace™
Create Your Personal Resilience Plan
Join this 3-Session Online Experiential Workshop offered as a fundraiser for the Abrahamic Reunion
With Long-Time Supporters
Glenn Sackett and Debra Sofia Cope

3 Sessions of 90-min each
Time: 12:00pm EDT / 5:00pm London
Dates: Monday – June 14, 21, 28

Suggested Donation Levels: Friend: $50 ~ Supporter: $90 ~ Upholder: $180 ~ Sustainer: $360

Have you been wanting to bounce back more quickly from life’s disruptions and setbacks?

Has it been challenging at times to remain focused, flexible and productive?
Does your sense of meaning and purpose sometimes wane?
Do you long to laugh more and have more fun?

If you’ve found yourself detoured, disrupted or delayed from moving forward on your grand plan, you are not alone. Sometimes life send us what we didn’t ask for. When you’ve been tested by trials and tribulations, and you’re seeking to find a way to regain your momentum, this training is meant for you.
“It’s not just our doing but our WHY
that gives meaning and purpose in life.”
Glenn Sackett: Explorer, Photographer and Chaplain
This Building Resilience for Peace™ online interactive training is designed to help you to bounce back quickly from personal and professional challenges.
Based on research, vetted by experience:
Developed by Bryan Sexton, associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke’s School of Medicine: Bryan is an expert in cultivating resilience, the ability to bounce back from life’s obstacles. This experiential, interactive program has been taught to hundreds of thousands who live and work in life-and-death situations*.
(*In workshops offered through Duke University, AdventistHealth, and Centura Hospitals)
Glenn Sackett and Debra Sofia will lead you through a process of self-discovery and tool-building to cultivate your resilience to life’s changing circumstances and fulfill your life’s purpose.
In these 90-minute interactive, experiential online meetings, over the course of
3 weeks you will build on your experience and insights to acquire new skills to deal with disruptions thrown your way, both personally and professionally. With this training you’ll develop greater ease and harmony in life, gain tools to withstand the most adverse conditions, and create your Personal Resilience Plan.

Course Schedule
Week 1:

Acknowledge the inner resiliency you already have
Explore why a resilience tune-up is necessary and helpful
Develop your Purpose Story: your “Foundation of Resilience”
Discover 3 personal Evergreen Energies that support and protect you
Practice 3 powerful Resilience Tools you can use right away

Week 2:

Truth: Only YOU Hold the keys to Positive Adaptive Change
Cultivate the 4th Evergreen Energy (Hint: it has to do with connectivity)
Understand the C-Zone Energy Focus for ease, harmony and effectiveness
Envision Keystone Habits for personal and community well-being

Week 3:

“Wondrous is this” – Exploring the role of Awe and Wonder
Focus on answering questions and meeting the specific needs of our group
Built for Life: Create your Personal Resilience Plan to support your mind, body and spirit

Meet Your Coaches:
Nature explorer, photographer, and chaplain Glenn Sackett guides workshops on building resilience in life. Glenn trained under Bryan Sexton of Duke University to facilitate workshops on Building Resilience. As a chaplain and photographer, he has learned to see clearly what matters most: to be receptive to what life is providing. So, too with the practice of resilience.
Listen to a recent interview with Glenn Sackett: Exploring Beauty and Resilience in Nature and in All Our Relations

Adding breathing practices and visualization to the process, Debra Sofia Cope is a 35-year Sufi practitioner in the Inayatiyya and the Ruhaniat Sufi Orders. She is a Cheraga of the Universal Worship, a graduate of Suluk Academy, and currently enrolled in The Divine Art of Alchemy with Pir Zia. She studies Kabbalah under Rabbi David A. Cooper and Chabad Rabbi Benjy Brackman.
Visit Debra Sofia at Kabbalah99.com

What is the most frequently heard comment about Glenn and Debra’s workshop on resilience?
“Wow! I really needed this now. I wish we had more time for this.”
Now you can take time to cultivate your personal and community Resilience for Peace! Sign up for this 3-Session, Online Experiential Training… and in the process, contribute to peace in the Holy Land.

Building Resilience for Peace™
Experiential Workshop
Using Personal Reflection, Breakout Rooms and Group Practice, We’ll Develop Tools to BuildPersonal and Professional Resilience to Support You and Your Communities!
Downloadable Workbook Provided
Join us for 3 Sessions of 90-min each
Time: 12:00pm EDT / 5:00pm London
Dates: Monday – June 14, 21, 28
Note: This 3-Session Workshop will be recorded, audio only. These recordings will be made available to those who attend at least the first session. Please aim to attend all three.

100% of your tax-deductible donation go directly to The Abrahamic Reunion

Suggested Donation:
Friend: $50
Supporter: $99
Upholder: $180
Sustainer: $360

TESTIMONIALS
Responses from nurses, physicians, surgeons and a variety of other specialists from St. Anthony Hospital Palliative Care Team, Porter Hospital Organ Transplant Team, and Parker Hospital Oncology Team. To respect privacy, names have been removed.
When asked,
“What was the most helpful part of the workshop?”
“I am grateful for both of your insights and words of encouragement. It was a wonderful afternoon; your energy and synergy are beautiful. The most helpful part was feeling heard and encouraged to express fears and concerns, but then creatively discussing solutions.”
“Enjoyed the session. The breathing exercise in the beginning was the most helpful part.”
“So thankful for the opportunity to be real and open up things that are uncomfortable for ways to overcome. The most helpful part was how to be grateful in spite of change.”
“Thank you for focusing on us and allowing us to express ourselves. Learning to let go of things you can’t control but also to look for a positive resolution was the most helpful part.”
“Wonderful! Discovering “Awe” moments was the most helpful.”
“Thank you for sharing your insight and wisdom and tools with us! The most helpful part was to focus on Three Good Things.”
“Talking about mindful words – putting a positive spin on conversations was the most helpful part.”
“Very worthwhile.”
“Very helpful tools.”

100% of your tax-deductible donation go directly to The Abrahamic Reunion

Suggested Donation:
Friend: $50
Supporter: $99
Upholder: $180
Sustainer: $360

Unity Prayer -- "The Prayer of Protection"
2021-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
RESCHEDULED – DATE TBA
Dear friends, the “Prayer of Protection” will be rescheduled after we finish the Daily Prayer Vigils.

“The Prayer of Protection”

Hosted by David Less & Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
May 27th, 12pm EDT, 5pm London, 7pm Israel Time
Please Register (for free) in advance Registration / RSVP

In response to this particularly difficult time, the Abrahamic Reunion will be drawing together—virtually—those women and men of the Holy Land who have dedicated their lives to creating peace and understanding.

Even when group prayer is virtual, people who pray together have a powerful effect. This is true not only for Israel and Palestine, but throughout the world. Communal prayer and meditation, with a focus on the common good, can create the shift in consciousness that we all seek.

At each Online Unity Prayer for the Holy Land, religious leaders and holy peacemakers in Israel and Palestine will join together on zoom and lead 45 minutes of prayer.

2021 Unity Prayer Schedule:

March 25th – Love
May 27th – Protection
July 29th – Light
September 30th – Giving
November 18th – Forgiveness
December 31st – New Beginning

David Less, AR Board Chairman, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director, will virtually host on-site Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders as well as one spiritual musician in the Holy Land.

Please join us. The addition of your prayer energy will help build the change we all seek.

Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Registration / RSVP
Please RSVP at the link above with your name, email, location, religious/spiritual identification.
Bios

David Less
Abrahamic Reunion US Board Chair

David Less is a global teacher of meditation and interfaith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he was 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. To contact, reach out to info@abrahamicreunion.org

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Abrahamic Reunion International Director

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land until moving to the US in 2015, 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

18th Annual Multifaith Iftar Peace Dinner in the Holy Land
2021-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
DATE CHANGE: Iftar Video Screening on Zoom: May 18th, 11am EDT will Replace our Live Iftar Zoom
Join Muslim, Jewish, Christian, & Druze peacebuilders from the Holy Land for prayers & celebration & peace at our Ramadan Iftar Dinner

About this Event

Join Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, Siham Halabi, David Less, Abdelsalam Manasra + other Peacebuilders (T.B.A.) for our 18th Annual Multifaith Ramadan Peace Iftar, LIVE from Daliat-Al-Carmel with 200+ in-person attendees.
The event is free — you are invited to join in the spirit of “Ramadan Karim” (blessedness of generosity) and support the Iftar:

$30 sponsors one person to attend our Iftar Dinner including food, transportation, and event setup
$150 for a family of 5,
$600 for the Bus from Jerusalem

(RSVP Free or Donation On Eventbrite – you can support at the same time)

(If you want to support the event through our website)

This year, 60% of Israel is vaccinated, and with strife and conflict breaking out throughout the Holy Land, it’s more important than ever to convene an in-person Iftar gathering.
We are renting a bus to bring Jews, Muslims, and Christians from Jerusalem up to the Druze village of Daliat al-Carmel in the North of Israel for our multifaith iftar gathering this year. In addition to peacebuilding and religious luminaries, we expect to host over 200 people from across the Holy Land.
Like last year, we’re also inviting our worldwide peacebuilding family to join on zoom for prayers, celebration and words of peace! (English & Arabic languages provided)
Since 2003 the Abrahamic Reunion has held a Multifaith Iftar Dinner during Ramadan to show solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters, it’s the longest running peace offering of the Abrahamic Reunion.
We hope you can join us — thank you for your generosity in the spirit of Ramadan.
Thank you ~ Toda ~ Shukran

"Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb" Druze Holiday Multifaith Celebration
2021-04-27 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
“Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu’ayb” Druze Holiday Multifaith Celebration
With Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, Anat Lev Or, Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras, David Less, & Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

11am EDT / 4pm London / 6pm Jerusalem
Dear Friends,
You are invited to this online, multifaith celebration of the Druze Holiday Zirayat al-Nabi Shuaib, with commentary from the Head of the Druze Community in Israel, Mowafaq Tarif, in addition to other peacebuilders from the Abrahamic Reunion — Anat Lev Or, Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras, David Less, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra.
This holiday is a 3-day feast commemorating the Prophet Jethro, the founder of the Druze faith. The main feature of this holiday is pilgrimage to the tomb of Prophet Jethro (Father-in-law of Moses), in the Galilee.
Join us in wishing well and celebrating with our Druze friends their sacred holiday!

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif

Shaykh Mowafaq Tarīf is the current spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel. Tarif was born in 1963 in the city of Julis. Since 1753, his family has been leading the Druze community in Mandatory Palestine and then Israel. In 1993, he inherited the position of spiritual leader from his grandfather, Shaykh Amin Tarif.

Anat Lev Or
Anat Lev Or from Israel, is a mother and spiritual teacher and companion for over 30 years. Anat accompanies people in the process of growth and change, as well as businessmen through spiritual, practical, and business aspects. Anat has been Ghassan Manasra’s partner for 25 years in building projects that are shared by all religions, working as peacemakers and establishing study groups such as a program for teachers and school executives from all religions, Muslims, Christians, and Jews. She helps organized also family encounters so different religious groups can recognize one another and that their children will meet and recognize a different culture. She has taught groups the Sufi way through peace and love including poetry, philosophy, etc.
Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras PhD AL-IMAN Mosque, Kefar Eillut – Nazareth.
Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras serves as Imam of AL-IMAN Mosque at Kefar Eillut-Nazareth since 2005. He has worked in interfaith dialogue and relations for decades in the Holy Land with Yakar and YESODOT in Jerusalem, Herbew University, as a Co-Founder and Co-Director of Anwar Al-Salaam Lights of Peace Society in Nazareth, and in many programs with the Abrahamic Reunion, hosting the 2017 Multifaith Iftar Dinner. He teaches Arabic Language & Literature formerly at Beit Safafa High School, and currently at Kefar Eillut Secondary School.

David Less

Abrahamic Reunion US Board Chair

David Less is a global teacher of meditation and interfaith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he was 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. To contact, reach out to info@abrahamicreunion.org

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

Abrahamic Reunion International Director

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land until moving to the US in 2015, 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

Gathering with Khalil Albaz after the attack on Zoom with the AR Peacebuilders
2021-04-22 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York)
Ramadan Gathering with Khalil Albaz after the Attack
On Zoom with Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, David Less, Rabbi Nagen, & other AR Peacebuilders
Thursday, April 22nd, 11:00 am EDT / 4:00 pm London / 6:00 pm Israel
Click here to RSVP

Thank you to all who have responded so far to the attack on one of our Co-Founders, Khalil Albaz, Muezzein of the Bedouin Community in Tel Sheva. This was shocking to all of us — and our response, to strengthen our peacebuilding, is needed to show peacebuilders will not be intimidated by violence.
If you haven’t contributed but would like to, you can click here to make a donation of any amount.
Know that Khalil is well, recovering at home with his wife and fellow AR Co-Founder Sana Albaz, and that they have security watching over them. None of the five stab wounds threatened any of his vital organs or function, thankfully, as he was able to shout for help and protect himself until neighbors came outside and scattered the attackers.
Khalil wants to share some of his experience and thoughts with the Abrahamic Reunion community on Zoom. As it’s Ramadan, we’ll meet with Khalil before they break the fast in Israel, and are having some nice food delivered to him and his family as part of the event for their Iftar (breaking of the fast) meal.
Please keep Khalil, Sana, and all the peacebuilders’ safety and health in your thoughts and prayers.

Unity Prayer for the Holy Land
2021-03-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Caracas)
“The Prayer of Love”
With Siham Halabi, Umm Bra’a Najah Kabaha, Rabbi Doron Danino, Father Suhil Fachori, and Rev. David Grishaw Jones
Hosted by David Less & Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
March 25th, 12pm EDT, 5pm London, 7pm Israel Time
Please Register (for free) in advance Registration / RSVP

In response to this particularly difficult time, the Abrahamic Reunion will be drawing together—virtually—those women and men who have dedicated their lives to creating peace and understanding in their homeland.
Even when group prayer is virtual, people who pray together have a powerful effect. This is true not only for Israel and Palestine, but throughout the world. Communal prayer and meditation, with a focus on the common good, can create the shift in consciousness that we all seek.
At each Online Unity Prayer for the Holy Land, religious leaders and holy peacemakers in Israel and Palestine will join together on zoom and lead 45 minutes of prayer.
David Less, AR Board Chairman, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director, will virtually host on-site Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders as well as one spiritual musician in the Holy Land.
Please join us. The addition of your prayer energy will help build the change we all seek.
Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Registration / RSVP
Please RSVP at the link above with your name, email, location, religious/spiritual identification.
Bios
Siham Halabi
Siham Halabi is a Druze leader and the Director of the Women’s Program and Adult Education at the Daliat Al Carmel Community Center providing courses in women’s economic empowerment, home management, drivers education, Hebrew and Arabic languages, social activism, and interfaith understanding. She is a Coordinator of the TRUST WIN, a member of the Women’s Parliament and various orgaizations for dialogue and understanding between the cultures, and for the advancement of women and social issues affecting women. She is a Druze spokeswoman representing Druze women in national forums.

Rabbi Dr. Doron Danino
Rabbi Dr. Doron Danino, 50, is married to Hila and has four children. Born in Jaffa, now a resident of the Galilee, he is a researcher of Sephardic identity and North African Jewry. Rabbi Danino is a member of Rabbinical Council of Tzohar, a Member of the Committee, on behalf of Oxford Research, to examine the state of equality in Israeli society and is currently Senior Advisor for Herbert C Kelman Ins groups in the CAF.
Umm Bra’a Najah Kabaha
Najah Kabaha is a leader in the Muslim community in Israel, working for interfaith connection for many years through the Qadri Sufi Peace Order. She teaches young children.

Rev. David Grishaw-Jones
The Rev. Dave Grishaw-Jones is the Pastor of the Community Church of Durham, New Hampshire, a congregation of the United Church of Christ. He serves on the Steering Committee of the UCC’s Palestine Israel Network and on the New Hampshire Conference’s Peace With Justice Advocate Team. Dave and his wife Kate have three daughters.

Father Suhil Fachoris
Father Suhil Fachori is a Roman Catholic Priest in Bethlehem, Palestine.

David Less
Abrahamic Reunion US Board Chair

David Less is a global teacher of meditation and interfaith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he was 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. To contact, reach out to info@abrahamicreunion.org

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Abrahamic Reunion International Director

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land until moving to the US in 2015, 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
