Abrahamic Family Reunion

• Why It’s Not Wrong to Wish Muslims Merry Christmas – By Mustafa Akyol, The Washington Post

• Muslim teen in NYC chases down assailant of Orthodox Jewish woman – Times of Israel

Then a Hanukkah/Christmas celebration that features Rabbi Gerry Serotta who blessed my Christian daughter Shannon at age two, and her daughter Alexandra at age thirteen months.

• The Hanukkah-Christmas convergence couldn’t be more symbolic of the light we must embrace – By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post

We follow with an Israeli report on a new video series on Muslims and a report by our colleague Yoav Peck on an Abrahamic love-in in Israel.

• New viral video series reveals the ‘Secret Life of Muslims’ – The Times of Israel

• Sulha Does it Again – New blog by Yoav Peck

We conclude with a multi-faith engagement on the function of mercy.

• “Mercy is not a principle, it should be lived:” Participants at KAICIID’s Symposium in Rome

Joseph V. Montville

Chairman of the Board