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December 09, 2005
A Cross-Religion Project of Possible Interest
This may be of interest to readers and their associates.
The Children of Abraham project (their website has yet to be updated to reflect this project) is currently recruiting 16-18-year old Jews and Muslims to work together on a Muslim-Jewish Relations Guidebook to Mutual Discovery.
The group is searching for 18 exceptional young people (nine Muslims and nine Jews) from eighteen different countries to participate in an historic project. Together, they will create an unprecedented Muslim-Jewish Relations Guidebook to Mutual Discovery. [The Guidebook] will be distributed to Jewish and Muslim communities all over the world atthe end of 2006.
Applications are due no later than January 20th. To suggest a candidate, e-mail houda@children-of-abraham.org and copy office@shalomctr.org.
More detail below.
They report that . . .
Applicants must be:highly motivated
prepared to engage with the project via the Internet on a daily basis for four months
feel comfortable communicating in basic written English with other mostly non-native speakers
have access to a camera and a willingness to explore their religious community through photography
knowledgable about their own religious tradition and comfortable
serving as a peer educator to those from the other community
willing to serve as an ambassador for Muslim-Jewish relations both in their own community and abroad
Posted by Matthew Hogan at December 9, 2005 05:58 PM
Filed Under: Islam General
, Religious Minorities
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