Abrahamic Reunion

Spiritual Origins of the Abrahamic Reunion with David Less & Iqbal Lewis
2025-12-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Shahabuddin David Less and Jonathan Iqbal Lewis reflect on the influence of their Sufi teacher, Murshid Samuel Lewis, also known as Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti or Sufi SAM, the originator of the Dances of Universal Peace.
In the 1970’s, SAM had developed a peace plan for the Middle East and Israel, and inspired Iqbal and Shahabuddin to take up the torch of his project, “Halleluia the Three Rings,” and dedicate different times in their lives to working for peace.
Other special guests may feature, TBA.
Please note: Time of this program may change.

NYE Unity Prayer & Peace Concert
2025-12-31 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
SAVE THE DATE!
New Years Eve — Dec 31st, 11am EST
Free! / Donation –> RSVP via Eventbrite
Join the Abrahamic Reunion and friends to set the intention for peace, salaam, and shalom at the turning of the year.
Featuring:

Fred Johnson, renowned jazz singer, musician, performer, & workshop leader
Bayati Ensemble, from Kansas City, MO (Featuring Amir & Amory)
Barbara Schmitz, Poet from Nebraska
David Less, AR USA Co-Chair, Co-Founder
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director, Peacemaker for 35+ Years
Rabbi David Zaslow, Havurah Shir Hadash, Ashland, Oregon
More Guests TBA!

Free Zoom Join Link via Eventbrite Registration

Yair Dalal
YAIR 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.
Fred Johnson
Fred 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”

Barbara 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.
Bayati Music Ensemble
Bayati performs classical Arabic and Middle Eastern Music, based in Kansas City, MO.

Rabbi David Zaslow
Serves 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.
Abed Alsalam Manasra
Sheikh 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.
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Sheikh 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.
Ghassan 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.
David Less
David 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.

Interreligious Dialogue Circle
2026-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Peace Through Understanding:
Knowing ‘The Other’ via Interreligious Dialogue
February Topic: “The Spiritual Power of Fasting”
Jewish, Muslim, Christian, & Baha’i Insights
Next Session: Tuesday, November 25th, 7pm ET
Zoom Link Click Here
Format:
This 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.
Please come ready to dialogue with an open mind, and learn about others’ practices and beliefs.
This 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.
By knowing each other’s traditions, we dismantle separation, fear of the unknown, misconception, and create a more connected, understanding, and inclusive world. Peace starts with each of us!
RECORDINGS of past Text Study Sessions now available on the AR Website and Youtube.
With Sheikh Abd Alsalam Manasra of Rising Tide International, Ted Brownstein of Lake Worth Interfaith Network, Rev. David Grishaw-Jones, Reb. Jenny Kuvin, Chris Miller of Abrahamic Reunion, and Friends
Contact: theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com

Interreligious Dialogue Circle
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Peace Through Understanding:
Knowing ‘The Other’ via Interreligious Dialogue
March Topic: “The Oneness of Humanity”
Jewish, Muslim, Christian, & Baha’i Insights
Next Session: Thursday, March 26th, 7pm ET
Zoom Link Click Here
Format:
This 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.
Please come ready to dialogue with an open mind, and learn about others’ practices and beliefs.
This 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.
By knowing each other’s traditions, we dismantle separation, fear of the unknown, misconception, and create a more connected, understanding, and inclusive world. Peace starts with each of us!
RECORDINGS of past Text Study Sessions now available on the AR Website and Youtube.
With Sheikh Abd Alsalam Manasra of Rising Tide International, Ted Brownstein of Lake Worth Interfaith Network, Rev. David Grishaw-Jones, Reb. Jenny Kuvin, Chris Miller of Abrahamic Reunion, and Friends
Contact: theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com

Giving Challenge Online with David Less, Ghassan Manasra, Abed Manasra, More!
2026-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Zoom, FL, United States
SARASOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GIVING CHALLENGE MATCHING FUND

Double your Donation!! Giving Challenge Donation Link

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DOUBLE YOUR DONATION FOR PEACE
Sarasota Community Foundation is offering it’s annual matching funds Giving Challenge, April 15th, 12 ET – April 16th, 12pm ET.
Donations must be received in the 24hr window.
All donations, up to $100, will be matched by a donor, through the Sarasota Community Foundation — help us access these funds with your donations!
You can be anywhere in the world, just donate through this link to get the matching funds for Abrahamic Reunion.
We will use these funds in 2026 to bring together a Women’s Dialogue Circle online and in the Holy Land; continue the 3-year Young Peacebuilders Training Program; Facilitate Peacebuilding at all levels in the Holy Land; Organize Peacebuilding Programs in Sarasota and the US.
Thank you so much for your support.
ONLINE PROGRAM
Join us LIVE, online at 12pm ET on Wednesday, April 16th, to kick off the Giving Challenge!
David Less, Ghassan Manasra, Abed Elsalam Manasra, and Chris Miller, and the Abrahamic Reunion will kick off this event on Wednesday with a live program online featuring music, updates from the ground about in the Holy Land during the wars, inspirational messages about peace, and news from our Young Peacebuilders program.
Please join us!!

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Presenters

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
International Director, Abrahamic Reunion, 35+ years as a peacebuilder, peacemaker, facilitator, and dialogue expert in the Holy Land.

David Less
Co-Founder, Abrahamic Reunion, Co-Chair, Abrahamic Reunion USA. Global meditation teacher.

Sheikh Abd Elsalam Manasra
Interreligious Dialogue Expert, Rising Tide International
Holy Land Programs Director for Abrahamic Reunion
Sheikh in the Sufi Qadiri Tariqa as-Salaam of the Holy Land. Skilled oud player.

Rev. Chris Miller
Executive Director, Abrahamic Reunion, Cherag (Minister) of the Universal Worship.

Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Holy Land & Middle East
2026-04-20 11:00 - 2026-04-23 12:00 UTC | Zoom, FL, United States
Starts Monday, April 20th, 11am EDT

Featuring different Palestinian and/or Israeli peace leaders each Vigil – all faiths and people welcome.

Hosted by International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

Recordings
The Vigils will continue to be uploaded to our YouTube Channel as well.
SUPPORT PEACE CLICK HERE
Prayer vigil for peace in Israel/Palestine, Featuring different Palestinian and/or Israeli peace leaders each Vigil – all faiths and people welcome.
We 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.
Hosted by International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, with Co-Founder David Less

WAYS TO SUPPORT PEACE RIGHT NOW
DONATE to support the peacemakers: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/abrahamic-reunion/website-donations-copy
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PAYPAL to theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com
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INVITE Friends to the Prayer Vigil to be together: https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/event/
SUBSCRIBE to the AR Newsletter: https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/
PRAY 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
Email: info@abrahamicreunion.org for help joining

Friends of the Vigil

Havurah Shir Hadash, Ashland, OR

Become Friend of the Vigil:

Have your Congregation or Organization’s Logo listed on the Prayer Vigil Announcements & Website.
Forward this email and future vigil announcements to your congregation / organization / group, post to social media, and/or post on your website.
Confirm and send your logo to chris@abrahamicreunion.org

Sponsor a Vigil:

Have your Congregation or Organization’s Logo listed on the Prayer Vigil Announcements & Website with special featuring and mention for the vigil that you sponsor.
Forward this email and future vigil announcements to your congregation / organization / group, post to social media, and/or post on your website.
Donation of $2,000 USD.
Confirm and send your logo to chris@abrahamicreunion.org. Call 941-993-9994 for details.

Dear Friends of Peace,
The conflict in the Holy Land and Middle East 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

Online Interreligious Dialogue Circle: "Humility & Empathetic Listening"
2026-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom, FL, United States
Peace Through Understanding:
Knowing ‘The Other’ via Interreligious Dialogue
Monthly Topic: “Humility & Empathetic Listening”
Jewish, Muslim, Christian, & Baha’i Insights
Thursday, April 30th, 7pm ET
Zoom Link Click Here
Format:
This 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.
Please come ready to dialogue with an open mind, and learn about others’ practices and beliefs.
This 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.
By 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!
RECORDINGS of past Text Study Sessions now available on the AR Website and Youtube.
With 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, and Friends
Contact: theabrahamicreunion@gmail.com
