Haifa "Jews, Christians, and Muslims Praying Together for Peace"

On Monday January 12th, a positive step towards peace was made when Or Hadash together with the Catholic Focolare Movement organized an interfaith prayer service for peace with Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The service was held at Stella Maris, a well known Carmelite monestary in Haifa, and was considered by many to be a very important event. The service, a first of its kind to take place in Haifa, was especially eventful because it was both arranged and took place during a time of war, and focused on praying for peace through the songs and psalms of each culture. Among the clergy and organizers were Rabbi Dr. Edgar Nof of Or Hadash; Father Renato Rosso of the Carmel school in Haifa; Father Yousef Rizek, a Latin Parish priest of Shifa Amer; an Iman from the city of Furades, Israel; and Corres and Christina Chayat from the Focolore Church in Haifa. The service was lead in English, Hebrew, and Arabic, and was reported on by three Haifa newspapers: Yediot Haifa, Maariv Haifa, and Kol Bo. Also in attendance was Or Hadash Temple Administrator, Ami Perelman; Or Hadash Vice President, Mirjam Jurmann; Temple Shalom of Newton, MA Director of Lifelong Jewish Learning, Julie Vanek; Active Or Hadash member and honorary interfaith liason, Earl Sugarman; and many other loyal Or Hadash members. via RJ.org: More positive news that while some people always want death, or by proof of all the blogs and twitters I see are dumb enough to believe anything they read without context; Humans are still working toward sanity.