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.
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Annual Interfaith Iftar — This Year online on Zoom!
May 20, 2020 @ 11:45 am - 12:40 pm
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The Abrahamic Reunion’s Annual Multifaith Ramadan Iftar
This Year on Zoom!
Wednesday, May 20th
at 11:45am EDT / 4:45pm London / 5:45pm Berlin / 6:45pm Holy Land
Dear friends,
Every year for over a decade the Abrahamic Reunion has hosted an Interfaith Iftar dinner, the meal to break the daily Ramadan fast, with invited guests from all four of the major faiths of the Holy Land.
We look forward to this meal, all year long, and this year for the first time it will be digital rather than physical, which we’re able to invite everyone from around the world to join us. There will be wonderful women and men offering prayers on Zoom and a group breaking of the fast — bring your own Dates and Soup to break the fast together over Zoom.
What a joy it gives me to think of our friends and supporters all over the world joining together to pray for peace and understanding. Many blessings to all the peacemakers on this planet.
David Less
AR Co-Founder & US Chairman of the Board
Joining the Interfaith Iftar
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Speakers & Bios (+More to be announced soon…)
Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered
Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered is third generation interfaith leader. Born in Jerusalem, she serves the community of Nigun Halev in the Jezreel Valley. She is committed to promoting dialogue, friendship and respect in the Holy Land. Rabbi Leora is married to Amit and has three sons
Siham Halabi
AR Co-Founder, Israel Board Member
Father Firas Diab
Father Firas Diab is the Roman Catholic Parish Priest in Zababdi village in the West Bank. He has degrees in Philosophy and Theology, and is always very actively building connection with the Western Churches and for the solidarity with the Palestinian nation. He is a very active peacemaker with Abrahamic Reunion and has been part of many AR events.
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Dov Rosen
Rabbi Rosen heads the Yakar Institute in Jerusalem, and is the communal rabbi of the Yakar synagogue. He is also an associate fellow at the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. His doctoral dissertation was on the metaphysical and theological foundations of social justice theory. He has taught for many years in religious institutions, done interfaith work, lectured widely in Philosophy, and published in scholarly journals.
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.
Jacob Cohen
Jacob Cohen is President of the Samaritan Legend Association and participant in many multi-religious gatherings in Palestine and abroad.
Francesca Scalinci
Raised Mormon, Francesca became Muslim four years ago. She has a phd in postcolonial studies and in her academic work she has researched about intercultural and inter-religious dialogue. She is also a poet.
Ihab Youssef Al-Sameri
Ihab is the Secretary of the Samaritan community around Mt Grizim in the West Bank of Palestine, and is the Director of the Bridges Association in Nablus. He’s been part of the Abrahamic Reunion for over 7 years, hosting international and local multifaith peace groups.
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.
Sheikha Laila Muhammad Hashem Manasra
Shaikha Laila is of a very high level of spiritual knowledge. She is the Daughter of the Grand Shaikh, Muhammad Hashem Albaghdadi, and grew up immersed in the teachings, with many who come to her now for teachings. She is the wife of Ghassan Manasra, She has two daughters, three Sons, and two granddaughters.
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.
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
Mohamad Jamous
Palestinian Director
Mohamad Jamous is a young Peacemaker living in Jericho, Palestine, coordinating programs, interfaith events, peace journeys, and intra-Palestine peacemaking events to build the movement for peace. He is one of the great emerging multi-faith peacemaking leaders in the Holy Land. mohamad@abrahamicreunion.org
Abed Alsalam Manasra
Israel Programs Manager
Sheikh Abed Alsalam Manasra is the son of Sheikh Ghassan Manasra. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Tariqat Qadriyya As-Salaam (Qadiri Sufi Order Of Peace). He is a musician and works with young adults and youth to organize interfaith dialogue and gatherings in and around Nazareth. Abed@abrahamicreunion.org
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