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December 17, 2023 Jews, Muslims coexist at kosher, halal bakery in Westhampton Beach

By Bart Jones Long Island / Suffolk – ONLY IN NEWSDAY December 17, 2023 War is raging in the Middle East, but in Westhampton Beach an example of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Jews is thriving. About five years ago, Rashid Sulehri, a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, bought the only kosher bakery on […]

Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban attend the opening of the Chabad Ohr Avner school, Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 4, 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 11, 2021 An interfaith miracle in Azerbaijan

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier December 11, 2021 In an era of unprecedented Jewish-Muslim breakthroughs, it takes a lot to surprise. Yet President Ilham Aliyev did just that last week when I met him in Baku, taking several groundbreaking actions to foster the long-term success of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community — the largest in the […]