{"id":5041,"date":"2017-08-30T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:13:23","slug":"bay-area-muslims-host-dinner-launch-new-muslim-jewish-connect-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/2017\/08\/30\/bay-area-muslims-host-dinner-launch-new-muslim-jewish-connect-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Muslims Host Dinner; Launch New Muslim-Jewish Connect Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Representing three dozen Bay Area Muslim and Jewish houses of worship and non-profit organizations, and led by ING Executive Director Maha Elgenaidi and Rabbi Nathanial Ezray of Temple Beth Jacob-Conservative, more than 50 Muslims and Jews gathered together last night at Yaseen Islamic Center in Burlingame to break bread and discuss a shared path forward. The evening began with prayers and a statement of vision for the future of our two communities working together \u2014\u00a0based on decades of local Jewish-Muslim efforts, an exploration of new opportunities, and a clear strategy to address common causes and concerns\u00a0in light of increasing Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5043\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/muslim-jewish-02.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5043 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/muslim-jewish-02.png\" alt=\"muslim-jewish-02\" width=\"550\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/muslim-jewish-02.png 550w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/muslim-jewish-02-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maha Elgenaidi and Rabbi Amy Eilberg lead brainstorm and feedback session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The evening launched an organized effort of leaders that will meet regularly and provide support for local programs, events, and other joint efforts. In the current political climate, such organized efforts are more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Representing three dozen Bay Area Muslim and Jewish houses of worship and non-profit organizations, and led by ING Executive Director Maha Elgenaidi and Rabbi Nathanial Ezray of Temple Beth Jacob-Conservative, more than 50 Muslims and Jews gathered together last night at Yaseen Islamic Center in Burlingame to break bread and discuss a shared path [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":5042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slideshow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5045,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions\/5045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}