Wednesday, October 26th 11am – 12pm EST
Featuring:
Rabbi Roberto Arbib, Tel Aviv
Sheikh Hasan Tarif, Druze Community
Rev. Cliff Cutler, Philadelphia St. Paul’s
Jacline Qutbi
Tawfik Qabaha, Nazareth
& Hosted by Sheikh Ghassan Manasra & David Less
“Do not hate your brother in your heart.” (Leviticus 19:17)
“Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37)
“Verily, He is One Who forgives (accepts repentance), the Most Merciful.” (Quran, Sura 2 (Al-Baqara), ayah 37)
INFO: www.abrahamicreunion.org
Join the Abrahamic Reunion for an hour of connection with courageous peacebuilders and spiritual luminaries from Palestine and Israel, who will share prayers, inspiration, and reflections on the theme of forgiveness and reconciliation.
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 host Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders in the Holy Land. Please join us.
The addition of your prayer energy will help build the change we all seek.
Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Featured Prayer Leaders
Rabbi Roberto Arbib
Roberto Arbib is the educational director of Neve Schechter and rabbi of its synagogue. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University, and rabbinic ordination from Schechter. Since his ordination as a Masorti rabbi, Rabbi Arbib has served in numerous positions: Rabbi at Kehillat Sinai, founder of Midreshet Iyun for adult education, TALI school rabbi, co-founder of Derech Avraham interfaith group and facilitator in bibliodrama. He made aliya in 1959 from Italy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TGZp…
Druze Sheikh Hasan Tarif I live in Nazareth where I am an elementary school teacher and I am also a member at the Greek Orthodox Community Council. I have been in many projects with the Abraham Reunion organization, for many long years, and recently I am part of the beginning of a new project for educators.
Rev. E. Cliff Cutler
Rev. E. Cliff Cutler is the former Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, longtime friend of Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, and frequent Abrahamic Reunion participant, and AR prayer leader.
Jacline Qutbi
Jacline is a member of the AR’s new peacebuilder training program, Cultural Leaders In Peace, the women’s program. She is an educator with degrees in sociology, science, and works as a science teacher. She mentors outstanding students and works at the Teachers’ Rehabilitation Center, an effort for private and church schools in the area.
Tawfiq Kabaha
Tawfiq Ahmed Kabaha 56 years old, married, and father of four sons. I love their mother and love my children. I’m a member of the Qadiri As-Salaam Order (Peace Qadiri Sufi Order of the Holy Land), and I would like to see God’s vision in all my movements, my calmness and my actions. I am active in making peace and spreading the spirit of love among people, I’m a member of AR in the Holy Land, and I work in several fields, including air conditioners and similar ones that are my livelihood.
Series Co-Hosts
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, International Director
Sheikh 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
David Less, US Board Chairman
Co-Founder 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 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.
