There were ten of us in our stocking feet sitting on folding chairs around a couple of oblong tables pushed together. Our shoes were lined up outside the door of this sacred meeting space at Masjidullah, a mosque in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. We members of the Program Committee, were there to do some planning for the 2017 Philadelphia Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation. which is scheduled for Sunday Afternoon, April 30, 2017 in the West Oak Lane section of... + read more
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Sep
26
2016
For 15 years I have been traveling from Wilmington DE to Philadelphia to be a part of a large interfaith, peace loving, just culture movement and the many meetings offered by groups there. I became involved particularly with the Philadelphia Walk for Peace and Reconciliation that was started after 9/11 from vision of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim activists who wanted something good to come out of such tragedy. The group, known as the Interfaith PeaceWalk, was touted by the Harvard... + read more
May
19
2016
Some say avoid 13 at all costs
The Interfaith PeaceWalk debunked that superstition and ushered in our Bar Mitzvah
with overwhelming spiritual showers of blessing!
Turning 13 has great significance:
moving from tween to teen,
enlarging expectations, seeking to have a greater voice,
becoming more aware of the world around you………and its brokenness.
And starting to take responsibility for reconciliation.
13 in dog years equates to being a... + read more
May
18
2016
Peace
Peace is an act of humanity
An act of kindness
That should be brought upon everyone
Peace, peace, peace
Islam meaning peace
Peace meaning faith
Peace meaning interlocking within religion, culture and ethnicity
Diversity amongst the world
Equal but yet separate is what we lived through for many years
An expression that touches many of us so dearly
Nothing in life comes easy
So the thing you may have to do is go that extra mile for it is worth it
So... + read more
May
05
2016
For 13 years we’ve been having these now. The Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation. Growing out of the example of an Albuquerque, New Mexico Rabbi and Imam whose congregations’ walked the 6 miles from their mosque to their synagogue in a show of post 9-11 fraternity, we tried something similar. We added a Christian church and in 2004 we were off to our first peace walk. Over the years we’ve been to many Philadelphia neighborhoods...to West and... + read more
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