Abrahamic Reunion

Celebration of Peace - Music & Middle Eastern Food for the Abrahamic Reunion
2017-01-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
**ELAHI from Nazareth, Israel – Classic Middle Eastern Music**
A night to remember the connection and shared ideals of the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – and how their uniting in peace is a force that transforms the world and offers a hope to the world for a better world of harmonious coexistence free of violence and war.
*Hosted by Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Executive Director
*Musical Performance by ELAHI – Middle Eastern Music Ensemble headed by Sheikh Abed Elsalam Manasra, Abrahamic Reunion Israel Coordinator
*Prayers for Peace from Rabbi Michael Werbow (Temple Beth-Sholom), Father Joe Clifford (St. Thomas More Catholic Church), Rev. Elizabeth Thompson (Unity of Sarasota), and other religious leaders.
The Abrahamic Reunion hosts interfaith text study sessions in Sarasota, Palm Beach County, the UK, Germany, Israel, and Palestine, and holds major interfaith programs in the Holy Land. All funds donated are 501c3 tax deductible donations.
Checks should be made out to The Abrahamic Reunion.
Suggested Donations: $10 – $100
7-9pm
ELAHI (Abed and Isra and Ensemble) have opened for Alicia Keys and played all around Israel and Palestine at various venues, festivals, conferences, interfaith gatherings, and peacemaking events, and are classically trained Middle Eastern Musicians. Abed especially has taken the Sufi music passed down through his family and the Qadiri Sufi School in the Holy Land and added to it more instruments. He and his family play these compositions and will take you on an inner journey through the music, chanting, singing, celebrating, and remembrance of the divine essence within each of us.

Abed and Isra Manasra (Son and Daughter-in-law of Sheikh Ghassan Manasra) are visiting Sarasota for December and part of January. They are professional musicians and have opened for Alicia Keys and played all across Israel in many venues, peacemaking events, interfaith conferences, and more.
Musical Instrumentation: Oud (Abed), Vocals (Isra, Ghassan), Kanoun (Hashem), Harmony Vocals (Zainab and Zuhaira), Percussion (Majdi). Classically trained in Middle Eastern and Sufi Music since they were children, Abed and Isra pursued further musical training with the great Kamil Shajrawi of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, one of the famous Middle Eastern Musicians in the Holy Land.

Peacemakers In Germany - November 2016
2016-11-06 08:00 - 2016-11-16 17:00 UTC
Dear friends of the Abrahamic Reunion,
We look forward to you can finally announce the dates for the tour of Germany Abrahamic Reunion.
The international coordinators of the Abrahamic Reunion, Dr. Anna Less and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra and Eliyahu McLean (director of AR in Israel), Imam Khalil Albaz and his wife Sana Albaz (co-founder of the AR) and the Palestinian coordinator of AR Daniel Aqleh be personally their work report. There will be enough time and space for personal exchanges!
Read Anna Less’ Speaking Tour Blog Here

Public Events Schedule
Catholic Academy
Herrengraben 4, 20459 Hamburg, Germany Neue Wege zum Frieden im Heiligen Land – New ways for peace in the Holy Land
NOVEMBER 8:
14:30 reception at City Hall, Prinzipalmarkt 10, 48143 Münster, Germany
17:00 Universal Peace Celebration, Dominican Church, Salzstraße 10, 48143 Münster, Germany
20:00 Information session, Reading Public Library, Alter Steinweg 11, 48143 Münster, Germany
NOVEMBER 9:
14:30 – Workshop
18:00 University, castle, room S, Schlossplatz 2 Tibet Kailash House, Wallstraße 8, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Interreligioese Friedensarbeit im Heiligen Land – Interfaith peacework in the Holy Land
Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque, Luisenring 28, Mannheim, Germany
“Interreligiöse Friedensarbeit der Abrahamic Reunion im Heiligen” (Click for German (auf Deutsch) / Facebook event) – Interfaith Peacemaking of the Abrahamic Reunion in the Holy Land

With Guest Presenters Talat Kamran, Head of the Mannheim Institute for integration and interfaith dialog, and Turkish Sufi musicians: Mehmet and Ali Ungan
Of course, the visit of such a large group of Peace Makers is associated with corresponding costs. For every donation to enable this visit, we are deeply grateful !!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!!

With best regards, peace
Moni Cornish (for Global Hope Fund eV)
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www.globalhopefund.de www.abrahamicreunion.org
info@globalhopefund.de germany@abrahamicreunion.org

Healing Ourselves, Healing the World
2016-10-18 18:30 - 21:30 UTC
Discover How to Make Peace in Your Life from Peacemakers from the Holy Land

The Abrahamic Reunion is a group of peacemakers from diverse spiritual traditions who work to heal the effects of trauma and fear resulting from religious violence. Though living in seemingly hopeless circumstances, these peacemakers have transformed themselves and others.
This short, interactive workshop will teach us how to bring people of different cultures and belief systems together to:

explore common spiritual values
rebuild trust through dialogue and understanding
heal past traumas through the development of compassion and empathic solidarity for one another.

Come away with tools for creating your own individual inner peace as well learning simple techniques for working with groups.

Anna Less PhD is a doctor of Chinese Medicine, and the Co-founder of the Abrahamic Reunion. She is the President of Rising Tide International, a world wide spiritual center, and the Founder of the Universal Retreat Center in Florida, USA. She is also a founder of The Hope Project India – a nonprofit that provides education and medical services to India’s poorest and most vulnerable populations

Ghassan Manasra
International Executive Director of the Abrahamic Reunion, Fulbright scholar, International Dialogue leader and lecturer, @ MIT, Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Hebrew University, Bar Elan University and expert consultant for the following governments: Israel, Turkey, USA, Bosnia, & Albania, Ghassan is a Muslim from Nazareth, Israel
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Earlybird standard £12.00 GBPEarlybird concessions £8.00 GBP

Tuesday October 18th 6:30 – 9:30pm
Registration from 6.15pm
Price: £15 (£10 concessions)
Early Bird Price: £12 if booked before October 10th (£8 concessions)
All proceeds will go to the Abrahamic Reunion, a non-profit USA charity.

Interfaith Sukkot Celebration, London UK
2016-10-16 16:00 - 21:00 UTC
October 16th, 4 – 9pm – Informal talk/Interfaith celebration of the Jewish festival, Sukkot, to be held at the home of Leonora and Jonathan Samuels, London NW4; open to friends and those of all religions.
Please email us if you’re intending to come at amanda@kenton.gb.com for further details.
‘On Sukkot, it’s customary to read Chapter 14 from the prophet Zechariah”…who “hoped Sukkot could be an opportunity for shared healing after regional war. “The survivors of every nation,” he wrote, “will ascend to Jerusalem year after year, to worship the God beyond all armies, and to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot” (Zechariah 14:16). Camping together, making music, cooking food, sharing customs and creating new ones at an annual week-long interfaith festival: that was Zechariah’s visionary plan for regional healing. We don’t begin with political dialogue, theological comparison, or even shared stories of hurt and joy. Instead, we simply practice together in joy, one week a year.’ (http://www.myjewishlearning.com/rabbis-without-borders/sukkot-our-interfaith-hippie-re-visioning-festival/)

Promoting Peace at the London Interfaith Center
2016-10-09 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
The Abrahamic Reunion

WHEN: October 9, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

WHERE:
London Inter Faith Centre
St Annes & St Andrews Church
125 Salusbury Rd, London NW6 6RG
UK

COST: Free

CONTACT:

Laurence Hillel
07801286819
Email

Abrahamic Reunion
‘ Promoting Peace through Interfaith Dialogue in Israel and the West Bank’
Dr. Anna Less, PhD, a peacemaker, speaker, and presenter, is the co-founder and International Co-Director of the Abrahamic Reunion. As a young woman, Anna realized her life’s work lay with healing, and bringing harmony and balance to both individuals and communities. Anna is a Minister of the Universal Worship, a service that celebrates the spiritual wisdom of all religions equally at a single altar. Anna has led workshops throughout the world that have helped both clergy and laypeople find ways of rising above their distinctions and differences.
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, Director, Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth, and International Co-Director of The Abrahamic Reunion, was born in Nazareth in 1968. A peacemaker from the Holy Land, he believes that all people around the world from all religions are equal and must continue as partners and colleagues together to build a world of peace, harmony, and humanity. For the last 20 years, he has taught at conferences and events in the Holy Land, and travelled internationally lecturing on Islam, Peacemaking, Interfaith, and Multifaith.
David 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 honours the commonality in all religions and appreciates and respects the differences, celebrating of all of the faiths of humanity without cultural or religious bias. 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.
Light Refreshments available from 3.30pm
For more information please contact wifasec@aol.com or laurence.hillel@londoninterfaith.org.uk

Abrahamic Reunion Livestream Peace Meditation from Jerusalem
2016-09-19 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join David Less, Ghassan Manasra, Eliyahu McLean, and the Abrahamic Reunion for a Livestream Peace Meditation in the Old City of Jerusalem. Join us as we invoke, experience, and spread peace.
September 21st is the International Day Of Peace – please join with us wherever you are, or watch the meditation later (it will be saved online).
Livestream Link: https://livestream.com/accounts/3116574
Contact Info: chris@abrahamicreunion.org

Interfaith Ramadan Iftar in Sarasota
2016-07-03 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
at the ISSB hosted by Imam Yousuf Memon and the Abrahamic Reunion
We will bring together people from our monthly text study group, including congregation members from Unity of Sarasota, St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, Temple Sinai, Temple Beth Sholom, and Rising Tide International.
The clergy will speak about the tradition and meaning of fasting in each of their faiths before sharing a blessed Ramadan Iftar meal.
The fast will break at 8:28pm.
This event is closed by invitation only.
Press contact: 941-993-9994, chris@abrahamicreunion.org

Multi-faith Iftar Celebration in Faradis, Israel
2016-06-28 13:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Jerusalem)
Please join us for the Abrahamic Reunion Ramadan multi-faith Iftar gathering, hosted by the Tent of Hagar and Sarah and the community of Faradis, Tuesday, June 28.
A bus of Israelis and Palestinians will join from Jerusalem.
4:00-6:30: We will spend several hours together at Hof Dor/Tantura beach. We will learn about the history of the village of Tantura before and during the 1948 war, and relax at the beach.
6:30: Go up from beach to Faradis for the Ramadan Iftar meal
7:00 PM Ramadan Iftar gatheriing: Jews and Christians will break bread with fasting Muslims for the Iftar meal, at a school overlooking Faradis and the Mediterranean Sea.
We will have opening and closing prayer circles by religious leaders, Muslim, Christian and Jewish, men and women.
8:30 Closing prayer circle, bus back to Jerusalem
To join from Jerusalem, please meet us Liberty Bell Park/Gan HaPamon at 1:00 PM.
100 Shekels suggested donation.
Please RSVP to: theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com, to reserve a place in the bus.
Please indicate if you need a kosher meal option.
For more information, call: Eliyahu at: 058-757-8522
Abed: 054-924-7795
For directions where to go in Faradis, call Ibtisam Mahamid: 054-743-3956

Abrahamic Reunion Prayer Vigil for Orlando shooting
2016-06-15 19:20 - 20:00 UTC
Dear Friends of Peace,

You are invited to an interfaith peace vigil and prayer service at Unity of Sarasota, 7:20pm, Wednesday, June 15th.

The Abrahamic Reunion has been creating interfaith dialogue and discussion group meetings around Sarasota for the last five months, working with the local Mosque (ISSB), Temple Sinai, Temple Beth Sholom, Unity of Sarasota, St. Thomas More Catholic Church, and Rising Tide International.
We will be joined by clergy and congregations from the different faiths.
Here is the invitation from Reverend Elizabeth who offered to host this impromptu prayer vigil to support the LGBTQ community, to pray for the victims and families affected by the shooting, and to pray in solidarity with our local Muslim community.

On behalf of the Abrahamic Reunion I invite you to a Prayer Vigil Wednesday Evening at Unity of Sarasota at 7:20 PM in the Sanctuary. We pray with our feet, our hands, our hearts, and our being as the temple of Love Expressed in peace. Joining together as an Interfaith Community of the Abrahamic Reunion hold the High Watch to create a world that Works for all. Peace, Shalom, Salem, Salaam to one and all.

Contact info: chris@abrahamicreunion.org / (941) 993-9994
Location: 3023 Proctor Rd., Sarasota Florida 34231
Facebook Event Click Here

Please read a statement from Sheikh Ghassan Manasra responding to the news of the Orlando shooting here. Read a prayer from Sheikh Manasra here.
Please join us. All are welcome.
Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra & Rev. Chris Miller + Reverend Elizabeth of Unity of Sarasota
for Rising Tide International and The Abrahamic Reunion

Sarasota Interfaith Text Meeting: "The Role Of Women"
2016-05-26 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Dear Friends,

Our next Sarasota Interfaith Text Meeting will be at Unity Church of Sarasota hosted by Reverend Elizabeth. Thanks Rev. Elizabeth for graciously hosting the meeting.

The meeting will be on the topic of “The Role Of Women”, from 3-5pm at Unity. Please invite and bring someone with you if you like! ‘

Unity of Sarasota is located at 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota FL 34231. Directions / Map click here.

Another note: Sheikh Ghassan will help facilitate a discussion after the showing of the documentary movie “Budrus” at WSLR / Peace Education and Action Center, Sunday, 6pm, May 15th (click here for information)

Many blessings and deep peace to all.

If you wish to attend, please contact chris@abrahamicreunion.org or call 941-993-9994 for more information.

Love & Connection: Can religions coexist in our fragmented world?
2016-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Our 2nd event in the West Palm Beach Greater Area – please join us in bringing discussion, tolerance, and connection amongst the religious congregations of the area. There will be presentations by multiple clergy present, group discussion, and refreshments provided.
Please support by donation to the Abrahamic Reunion.

Praying Together In Jerusalem
2016-05-09 18:00 - 20:00 UTC

Sarasota Interfaith Text Study
2016-04-27 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Our next meeting will be April 27th, 3-5pm at Temple Beth Sholom, hosted during Passover by Rabbi Michael Werbow.
If you’re interested in attending, please contact chris@abrahamicreunion.org for details, or call (941) 993-9994.

The Sarasota Interfaith Text Study Circle meets once a month in Sarasota to study each others sacred texts on a common theme, to visit each others places of worship, and to share perspectives about religion, interfaith harmony, interreligious commonalities, peace in the Holy Land, and daily life.
Members:

Rabbi Michael Werbow & Temple Beth-Sholom
Rabbi Geoff Huntting & Temple Sinai
Imam Yusef Memon, ISSB
Father Joe Clifford, St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Deacon Dave Cottingham, St. Michael’s & St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Reverend Elizabeth Thompson, Unity Church Of Sarasota
Reverends David & Anna Less, Rising Tide International & Abrahamic Reunion Co-Founders
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, Abrahamic Reunion
Rev. Chris Miller, Rising Tide International & Abrahamic Reunion

Making Peace in this Land
2016-03-18 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Making Peace in this Land
Peace believers hold hands on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the passing of the peace Rabbi, Rabbi Menachem Froman.
The Abrahamic Reunion has been invited to partner in this event organized by AR Peacemaker Hadassah Froman (wife of the late Rabbi Menachem Froman who was a major part of the AR) is one of the main organizers, and Abed Elsalam Manasra (AR Assistant Director) has been invited to perform music for this occasion.
Hosted by Roots, a local initiative for understanding, non-violence, and transformation founded by Rabbinit Hadassah Froman to facilitate a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict via settler-Palestinian dialogue and cooperation.
This will be held at the land of a Palestinian peacemaker, who has a piece of land right near the Gushetsion Junction where Palestinians and Israelis can both come.
Event Poster:

Prayer For The Syrian People, at the Syria Border with James Twyman
2016-02-01 07:00 - 21:00 UTC
PRAYER FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE, SYRIAN BORDER, W/ PEACE CONCERT BY JAMES TWYMAN

The Golan Heights, on the Syrian border of Israel, are often uncomfortably close to the fighting with Daesh. Visiting peace musician James Twyman will perform a concert, and tomorrow, Feb. 1st, the Abrahamic Reunion will bring Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Druze to pray focus prayers and thoughts for the suffering of the people of Syria. We will gather at the Mt. Bental and other lookout points overlooking southern Syria.
James Twyman is advertising this to the whole world, and seeking to make this the largest synchronized peace vigil in history. See his email blast here.
Please join this email wherever you are:
10am EST
7am PST
3pm London Time
5pm Israel
There has become a rather grim trend in Golan Heights called “war-watching” – where tourists come to watch the fighting in Syria from these mountains, some with chips, beer, and binoculars. We will use these overlooks to pray for the people of Syria. As Twyman writes on his website, that prayer is “the most powerful force on Earth.”
From Eliyahu McLean:
In 2004, I joined a multi-faith journey led by peace musician James Twyman from Amman to Baghdad, to pray for the peace of the Iraqi, and Israeli, people, and the world. This is a picture of our gathering outside the National Theater in downtown Baghdad. This Monday, Feb. 1, thousands globally will send their focused prayers to join us again, as we journey, G-d willing, Israelis, Palestinians, and internationals, to pray for the Syrian people, meters away from ISIS, Nusra Front and Hizballah controlled territory on the Golan Heights border of southern Syria. Please join us in person, or in intention, for a ceasefire in Syria, for the healing of the Syrian people, and wider Abrahamic family.
News Article About The Peace Vigil: “Folk Singer To Go to Syria to Bring Peace to ISIS”
Video from James Twyman

Event Contact: Eliyahu McLean, +972-(0)58-7578522

Checks should be made out to “The Abrahamic Reunion” and mailed to 2372 Arden Drive, Sarasota FL 34232

Donate by credit card over the phone: (941) 993-9994

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In continual thanks,

Chris Miller
Abrahamic Reunion US Coordinator
For All The Abrahamic Reunion

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