Monthly meetingMSA banquet

Building Bridges participants
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Robert Stall - Othman Shibly - Drorah Setel - Enid Bloch - Sid Alfasso - Hodan Isse - Ahmed Jamil - Kathy Jamil - Muna Munassar - more

UPCOMING EVENTS (check CALENDAR for full details): Mitzvah Day, May 22 10a-12:30p - various sites around Buffalo - Building Bridges regular meeting, May 26 7p-9p

NEW COLLABORATIONS: Changemakers

NEW HANDHELD APPS: Understanding Islam

Building Bridges in Western New York

Muslim/Jewish collaboration
in the Buffalo, NY metro area

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Guiding principles:
Respecting each other's personal beliefs
Working together for the common good

Statements of Principle | Audio | Video
Organizations & Programs Local | National
General info | Reading | Wisdom

Nadia & GrandmaThree Faiths Exhibit

Friends of Building Bridges
Stan Bratton - Bob Dimmig - Barbara Roehl - Vicki Ross - more

NEW READING: Jewish Muslim Friendship in Western New York magazine - Second issue vol 1 no 2 spring 2011

NEW ORGANIZATION LINKS: Access of WNY - Coexist Foundation - Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County - Turkish Cultural Center of Buffalo - WNYMuslims.org

NEW VIDEOS: Three Faiths Exhibit - Scroll of Esther & Praises of the Prophet | WNYMuslims.org (Youtube)

Statements of Principle
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Let's set aside fears and work together (Buffalo News 12-15-10)

Twinning program 2010 (Buffalo News 11-11-10)

Muslim & Jewish students join forces (Amherst, MA 10-14-10)

One dinner, two traditions (Cambridge, MA 10-1-10)

Jewish group supports mosque (Buffalo News) - full letter from Dan Kantor & Ellen Goldstein of the Jewish Federation of Buffalo

Jewish-Muslim Pairings Facing Toughest Test (The Jewish Week article 9-21-10)

Remembering September 11, 2010: Responding to Islamophobia by Dr. Enid Bloch | Buffalo News article

Response to criticism of the 2009 Mosque-Synagogue Twinning Weekend by Dr. Rob Stall, Dr. Othman Shibly & Rabbi Drorah Setel

Building A Community of Trust

Building the Bridge
(REO Speedwagon song lyrics)

 

Building Bridges in WNY
- interview of Dr. Rob Stall by Rev. Stan Bratton on Crossroads
5-16-10

Ground Zero Mosque panel discussion
9-29-10

 

Debbie Friedman Tribute - L'Chi Lach ("go to yourself")

Islamophobia for Dummiez

Finding a Religious Common Ground - CBS News 12-26-10

Islamic School - PBS 12-10-10

What's Really In the Quran
- talk by Lesley Hazleton 10/10/10

A Land Called Paradise

Let's revive the Golden Rule
- talk by Karen Armstrong

Random Acts of Kindness

Tarra & Bella - The Elephant in the Room

Tent of Abraham gathering
8-26-10

New Three Faiths Exhibit
Scroll of Esther
Praises of the Prophet

New
WNYMuslims.org (Youtube)

Would you stop Muslim discrimination?
ABC News version
Youtube version
(with Arabic subtitles)
(from 8-6-10 ABC News
What Would You Do?)

 

New HANDHELD APPS
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New Understanding Islam (for iPhone/iPad)

READING
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Jewish Muslim Friendship in Western New York magazine
First issue vol 1 no 1 winter 2011 | New Second issue vol 1 no 2 spring 2011

Interfaith Dialogue for Muslims

Judaism for Muslims

Islam for Jews
from JPS | from Amazon | in Arabic

Shalom/Salaam: A Story of a Mystical Fraternity

"Are You a Jewish Change Agent?" questionnaire

"Are You a Muslim Change Agent?" questionnaire

Charter for Compassion

Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue
- Facebook Page

Roots and Fruits Of The Social, National And International Dilemma by Ahmed Jamil

PBS - Three Religions, One God

The Faith Club

The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims

The Empty Chair / The Still Empty Chair - honoring the memories of Cantor Susan Wehle and the others who died in Flight 3407

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"The place you are called to is where your deep gladness meets the world's great hunger." - Frederick Buechner

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can... Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can..." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In a controversy, the instant we feel anger,
we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"An enemy is one whose story we have not heard."
- Gene Knudsen-Hoffman

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."
- Albert Einstein

"A group of monks once asked their Zen master how it was that he was always able to feel compassion for other people.
His response: What 'other' people?"
- Buddhist koan

NEW "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi

Peace in the World

by Kalysha Rourke - 3rd Grader, Charles E. Riley Elementary, Oswego, NY 13126
(with permission from her mother Nicole)

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