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B http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/largest-world-gathering-of-muslims-jews-kicks-off-in-u-s-1.323169 * Published 17:25 05.11.10 * Latest update 17:25 05.11.10 Largest world gathering of Muslims, Jews kicks off in U.S. More than 200 Mosques and Synagogues from 22 countries to participate in Twinningsm, 3rd annual ethnic understanding weekend. By Shlomo Shamir <http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/shlomo-shamir-1.578> Tags: Israel <http://www.haaretz.com/meta/Tag/Israel%20news> news Jewish World <http://www.haaretz.com/meta/Tag/Jewish%20World> US Jews <http://www.haaretz.com/meta/Tag/US%20Jews> Muslims <http://www.haaretz.com/meta/Tag/Muslims> The third annual Twinningsm weekend kicked off this weekend as Jews and Muslims, as well as representatives of Mosques and Synagogues from across the globe cross came together to take part in the world's largest gathering encouraging ethnic tolerance. Organized annually by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress and the Islamic Society of North America, the Twinningsm weekend joins Muslim and Jewish students and young leadership groups to form partnerships and joint programs together, with the goal of building communication ties, reconciliation and cooperation between the two religions. This year's Twinningsm seminar is being held after a tumultuous summer that resulted in an increase in anti-Muslim sentiments across the U.S. and Europe relating to the plans to build an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center in N.Y. In California and Tennessee, the Muslim communities also faced opposition to their plans to build or expand mosques in their communities, while a pastor in Florida threatened, but eventually relented in the face of an international outcry, to burn Korans on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. "The targeting this summer of Muslim communities in New York, Tennessee and elsewhere demonstrate that we as a country have a long way to go until all men and women are accepted as equals," said Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and lead organizer of the Weekend of Twinningsm. "I am proud to see so many join in on the Weekend of Twinningsm rather than joining in the chorus of unacceptance choosing instead to confront Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and bigotry head-on." "The Weekend of Twinningsm has time and time again shown us that Jews and Muslims can not only live together peacefully as neighbors, but also partner together to build a better community at-large," said Rabbi Schneier. In total, more than 100 mosques, Muslim students and community groups, as well as 100 synagogues, Jewish students and community groups are participating in this year's mobilization. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
