It dawned on me that Jews are well-equipped to handle the very challenges Muslims find ourselves facing right now in America. Muslims can learn a lot from our Jewish “cousins” about how to navigate socially and politically in this country where we’re looked upon with suspicion and profiled just because of our names. American Muslims can also learn from American Jews how to build the kinds of institutions we need to thrive now, and in the future.
Up until two years ago, I felt optimistic that all our Muslim-Jewish dialogue was leading to a golden age of interfaith solidarity between our peoples, the likes of which had not been seen for centuries.
But then, Operation Protective Edge happened in Gaza in 2014 and everything fell apart.
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