Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
DCM William Grant and Ms. Mary Knight hosted at their residence the Embassy’s first “Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner" for a diverse gathering of 80 Jewish and Arab social, political, and cultural community representatives. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze religious leaders, as well as representatives from the different faith communities and ethnicities within Israeli society, joined to celebrate diversity and mutual respect at the Thanksgiving dinner, with a prayer for peace given by the religious leaders present. DCM Grant highlighted the U.S. Embassy’s commitments and efforts in fostering ongoing dialogues, promoting inter-religious and intercultural communication, and partnership with the diverse communities in Israel. “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars,” the DCM said, quoting the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo Credit: Daviv Azagury/ U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
DCM William Grant and Ms. Mary Knight hosted at their residence the Embassy’s first “Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner" for a diverse gathering of 80 Jewish and Arab social, political, and cultural community representatives. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze religious leaders, as well as representatives from the different faith communities and ethnicities within Israeli society, joined to celebrate diversity and mutual respect at the Thanksgiving dinner, with a prayer for peace given by the religious leaders present. DCM Grant highlighted the U.S. Embassy’s commitments and efforts in fostering ongoing dialogues, promoting inter-religious and intercultural communication, and partnership with the diverse communities in Israel. “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars,” the DCM said, quoting the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo Credit: Daviv Azagury/ U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv