Dialogue between Muslim and Jewish Youth

I received the following email today. It basically talks about a new initiative to link Muslim and Jewish teens between the ages 16-19 to create an interfaith dialogue. The dialogue is all online, combining teens from Tehran, Montreal, Damascus, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Jakarta, Paris, Riyadh, London and Marrakesh. Have a read, and let someone know who you think should join..

Dear Blogger,

I am the Educational Program Director for Children of Abraham, a non-profit, interfaith organization that was founded to encourage dialogue between Muslim and Jewish youth over the internet.

We run a five-month long, on-line interfaith seminar called the Global Discovery Program (GDP) which uses cutting-edge wiki software and digital photography to facilitate Muslim-Jewish dialogue. We select a total of thirty-four Muslim and Jewish students between the ages of sixteen and nineteen from Tehran, Montreal, Damascus, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Jakarta, Paris, Riyadh, London and Marrakech to create a truly international experience for our participants....

Children of Abraham is not a political pressure group or a focus group for Palestine-Israel relations. We are an interfaith organization which realizes that Muslims and Jews have a long and ancient tradition of respect and peaceful coexistence which has only recently been strained by political factors. We hope to build empathetic relationships among our participants based on time honored Islamic and Jewish religious traditions.

As a show of our commitment to equal representation, Children of Abraham receives financial support from a balance of Muslim and Jewish donors.

I encourage you to explore our state of the art website www.childrenofabraham.org and to contact me personally with any questions or concerns you may have.

Thank you very much for your consideration.