The Young Ambassadors of the Muslim-Jewish Leadership Council (#MJLC) had their graduation in Frankfurt 🇩🇪 over the last two days. Young Jewish and Muslim community leaders joined hands in Germany, Poland and the UK to strengthen their community ties. They were supported by mentors, an imam and a rabbi respectively, for practical and spiritual guidance in that process.
🔑 These Ambassadors are changemakers who counter existing stereotypes, whether within their faith tradition but in particular from society at large more widely. It surely must have been not always easy - but that's exactly the point why such endeavour is so important.
💡 One thing is clear: such initiatives won't solve the Middle East conflict, nor is there agreement. However, this MJLC gathering and the initiatives of the Ambassadors showcase that Jewish-Muslim solidarity in Europe is alive, even in these dark times. These young people are beacons of hope in the dark times that we are living in. This is #dialogue in action.
✡ ☪ There is, as ever, much to learn for next year and the second round of Ambassadors and how a sustained effort of the Young Ambassadors from this pilot will look like to further bring about positive change.
🏆 Many thanks go to Tim Mortimer for holding that space and to Ethan Susser for putting this together, it's tremendous work that you are doing! The commitment of the MJLC Board, the MJLC mentors and particularly the Young Ambassadors themselves makes all the difference 💫
#dialogue4inclusion #interfaith
Just over a year since the official launch of the Muslim Jewish Leadership Council (MJLC) Ambassador Programme in Warsaw, Poland, our young Ambassadors gathered again for the final graduation ceremony! 🔛
They arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday and spent the afternoon sharing their implemented joint initiatives that support stronger cross-community relations and interfaith dialogue.
Against the backdrop of growing anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Europe, the goal was to exchange lessons learned in Muslim-Jewish interreligious dialogue initiatives and discuss opportunities for future collaboration. 🤝
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