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a compilation of many stories by
women who have crossed bridges
and boundaries to make a friendship
with someone of another faith.
WISDOM’s greatest achievement
is its panel discussion, “Five Women,
Five Journeys,” which has been pre-
sented to many houses of worship,
schools and organizations.
The group’s challenge is to bring
together people from different faith
traditions, ethnicities, races and cul-
tures to engage in educational and
community service projects.
“The 10-year anniversary celebra-
tion at North Congregational Church
in Farmington Hills Oct. 15 was an
opportunity to shout out to everyone
in attendance that WISDOM wants
to change our world through the
positive power of building relation-
ships, discovering similarities and
respecting differences,” Katz said. •

Visit interfaithwisdom.org, subscribe to the
newsletter and join events; or email Gail Katz
at gail@interfaithwisdom.org.
See a video from the event at
thejewishnews.com.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA POLK

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ISDOM stands for
Women’s Interfaith
Solutions for Dialogue and
Outreach in Metro Detroit. It began
in 2006, when Gail Katz (Jewish),
Trish Harris (Catholic) and Shahina
Begg (Muslim) met and decided to
continue their conversations over
the course of a few months.
Because of the tensions in the
Middle East, Iraq and Darfur con-
stantly in the news, these women
felt that communities of faith in
Metro Detroit were becoming more
and more segregated. They felt that
maybe women could make a differ-
ence, that women had the capacity
for empathy and connecting spiritu-
ally.
WISDOM became a nonprofit
organization in 2007, and for 10
years has been proposing interfaith
events to give people the chance to
listen to each other, respect each
other’s differences and take action
toward change.
The women of WISDOM have
just completed the second edition
of their book, Friendship and Faith,

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