Rabbi Dow Marmur
Pitfalls of interfaith dialogue

The recent coming together of Muslims and Jews in synagogues and mosques in the GTA and in other places in North America is laudable but not remarkable, and definitely not revolutionary. Jewish-Muslim relations have existed for many centuries and historians tell us that, on the whole, Jewish minorities have suffered less under Muslim than under Christian rulers.

Islam and Judaism have influenced each other through the ages. Even in recent decades, despite the tense political...

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