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Unity Prayer of Protection
May 24, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Contact: chris@abrahamicreunion.org
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
(Deuteronomy 31:6)
“Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector.” And upon Allah let the believers rely.” (Surah At-Tauba, 51)
“But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.”
(2 Thessalonians 3:3)
Join the Abrahamic Reunion for an hour of connection with courageous peacebuilders, supporters, and spiritual luminaries from Palestine and Israel, who will share prayers, inspiration, and reflections on the theme of protection and safety.
Group prayer has 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 in the spirit of interconnection and peace.
David Less, AR Board Chairman, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director host each Unity Prayer’s Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders – women, men, and youth.
Please join us. The addition of your prayer energy will help build the change we all seek.
Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Bios
Sheikh Dr. Khalid Abu Ras, AR Israel Board
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, Hebrew 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 is currently a fellow at the Hartman Institute.
Rabbi Shraga Bar-On, Hartman InstituteRabbi Dr. Shraga Bar-On is the Director of the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought and the David Hartman Center for Intellectual Excellence, and a lecturer of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Shalem College.
At the David Hartman Center, he is responsible for the advanced training of aspiring public intellectuals through the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis, the David Hartman postdoctoral fellowship, and the Maskilot fellowship for women pursuing their doctorate. His research in Jewish philosophy and identity addresses a wide range of eras and topics: Second Temple literature, Mishnaic and Talmudic scholarship, medieval Jewish literature, early Zionism, and contemporary Jewish identity. His books and other works have been published in academic, popular, and educational contexts.
Druze Sheikh Yunes Amasha
Sheikh Amasha, a native of the town of Ussefiya in the north of Israel, is a Druze religious leader. As Imam of his community, Sheikh Amasha is responsible for conducting religious rituals. He is also a member of the Supreme Druze Religious Council in Israel, headed by spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif.
Sheikh Amasha, one of the Druze members of Beit Morasha’s Municipal Forum for Interfaith Leaders from Mixed Cities, has now been appointed to the important position of Forum Coordinator.
Asked why he had originally joined the Forum, Sheikh Yunes replied: “The Druze are a peace-loving people, favoring any initiative that promotes relations based on tolerance, understanding and acceptance of others. Personally, having lived all my life in a mixed town, and often working with members of other communities, I have come to know Israelis from all ethnicities. Always regarding them as my brothers and sisters in humanity, I understand the great importance of preserving good relations between the different faiths.”
Sheikh Amasha believes that the Municipal Forum for Interfaith Leaders from Mixed Cities serves a critical function: its members become acquainted with each other’s faiths and customs, and also learn from one another’s experience as faith leaders, especially in addressing the burning issues of present-day Israeli society.
Finally, Sheikh Amasha asserts that “The Forum serves as an example for members of all ethnic groups, demonstrating that despite our different faiths, we can all live together in peace and brotherhood.”
Lana Shukha Nseir, AR Women’s Peacebuilding Program
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.
Hanan Halabi, AR Young Peacebuilder
Hanan is 19 years old, from Daliat-Al Carmel in the North of Israel, and a member of the Druze faith community. She is one of the young leaders of the interfaith movement in the Holy Land, and she began walking this way of peace in high school. She is part of Abrahamic Reunion peace activities.
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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