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Nearly 120 people came on Thursday, October 26^th, to the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem, to celebrate the Interfaith Encounter Day. Among them were old and new group members as well as people new to the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA), who wished to get to know the organization.

During the first part people held casual conversations around tables with refreshments. In parallel we held the monthly session of Praying Together In Jerusalem, an initiative of several organizations, including IEA, for monthly side-by-side prayers of Jews, Muslims and Christians.

Then we gathered in the main hall. We began with a short round of greetings by the IEA Executive Director Dr. Yehuda Stolov, who also briefly described the ways IEA use and its achievements since the last Interfaith Encounter Day – with 14 new groups throughout the country. Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa, Chair of the Board, presented a few new initiatives for incorporating multi-media in encounters. After them, two young coordinators – Rahhal Rahhal and Elgad Shoham – described the groups they lead and how they work.

During the next part the people set in conversation circles, with people that most of them they don't know. They presented themselves, held an activity where they were looking for things they have in common and shared the nature of their groups and how they work, or what drew them to come today and meet IEA.

We ended with light supper and continued informal conversations.

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• IEA website
• IEA Activity
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