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United
In Prayer

Jewish, Christian and
Islamic leaders join
together in hopes for
Middle East peace.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN

Staff Writer

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Open House on Tuesday, November 28, 2000, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM.

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W

ith outward differences evident

in race and garb, religious lead-
ers of various faiths were of a similar
hope at a Nov. 5 prayer service.
Nuns in habits and Christian clergy
shared the Southfield Civic Center audi-
torium with Islamic leaders and Jewish
men in kippot (head coverings). They all
came at the invitation of the National
Conference for Community and Justice's
Interfaith Roundtable, a group of
Muslims, Jews and Christians striving
for mutual understand-
ing and tolerance
between their communi-
ties. The goal of the
afternoon was a com-
bined service of prayers
for peace in the Middle
East.
Clergy and leaders
Rabbi
from houses of worship Daniel Syme
including Presbyterian,
Islamic, Episcopalian and Jewish,
offered words from their diverse reli-
gious beliefs. The sentiments, however,
were at times interchangeable, each
offering hope that the peace NCCJ
strives for in our local community will
reach all in the Middle East.
"We pray today as one community
— for peace in the Middle East," said
Rabbi Daniel Syme of Temple Beth
El, speaking to the group of 75. They
had come to hear prayers and to par-
ticipate in the responsive reading of a
"Litany for Justice and Peace." A call
to end the violence, and mourning for
loss of life, were common threads at
the service. It brought a reminder that
the Jewish, Islamic and Christian peo-
ple are all children of Abraham.
Imam Abdullah El-Amin of the
Muslim Center in Detroit talked of
the progression of NCCJ members of
different faiths, from those "who once
shied away from discussion of the
Middle East, [to those who] now join
together in a strong, mutual respect
for one another."

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