Breaking Down Stereotypes

If someone had told me three years ago that I would be skipping my finals to attend a Muslim-Jewish conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, I would have never believed it. Yet, Continue reading →

Culture Is Not Religion

When applying for the MJC, male participants were highly encouraged to choose the ‘Women in Religion’ committee and, after attending the workshops throughout the week, I personally found the wisdom behind it. Continue reading →

Babi Yar: My Family, the Holocaust & the Specter of Denial

On September 29 and 30, 1941, more than 33,000 Jewish men, women and children were herded into a barbed-wire area at the top of the Babi Yar ravine in the Continue reading →

Strangers no more

This morning I sat by myself at breakfast this morning speeding through the pre-conference survey for the Muslim-Jewish Conference until I got up to the part that asked questions about Continue reading →

Stand Up

Ignorance, idiocy, and incompetence lie in every corner of the world and in every forum imaginable. There are populations of people who live amongst us that live a life without Continue reading →

Reflections

MJC, on many levels, was an eye opening experience for me. It was intense, poignant and enlightening. The conference provided a comfortable platform to interact with people coming from a Continue reading →

Are Jew Kidding Me?

When the same God created us all, when He chose for us all to reside on the very same earth, how is it possible that He wouldn’t want us all Continue reading →

MJC Strikes Again

The story of MJC is the story of two brothers who were separated, maybe even before they were born, for whatever reason…Years went by and thanks to God, these two Continue reading →