Abrahamic Reunion Inc

ABRAHAMIC REUNION INC. 2021 PROGRAMS SUMMARY ABRAHAMIC REUNION CONTINUED TO EXPAND AND ORGANIZE MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS USING ONLINE GATHERING SPACES LIKE ZOOM TO INCREASE OUR REACH TO OVER 4,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 2021. YOUTH PEACEBUILDER ONLINE TRAININGS PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI YOUTH MET 8 TIMES WITH ABRAHAMIC REUNION LEADERS AND CLERGY FOR INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION ON MULTIPLE TOPICS INCLUDING THE STORY OF JACOB, THE STORY OF PROPHET MOSES, THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN BEINGS, RAMADAN, AND SPENT TIME LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER. THIS PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO MEET ACROSS THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE BORDER BY USING ZOOM, AND SOME OF THE COHORT OF PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM WILL BEGIN TO TAKE PART IN A 3- YEAR YOUNG PEACEBUILDER TRAINING PROGRAM FROM 2022-2024. MULTIFAITH RAMADAN IFTAR PEACE DINNER CELEBRATION (IN-PERSON) SINCE 2006, THE ABRAHAMIC REUNION HAS ORGANIZED LARGE GATHERINGS AT A BREAKING-OF-THE-FAST DINNER (IFTAR) IN RAMADAN. OUR 2021 IFTAR CELEBRATION BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 200 PEOPLE IN THE DRUZE VILLAGE OF DALIAT AL-CARMEL, IN NORTHERN ISRAEL, AND FEATURED PRAYERS AND SPEECHES BY THE DRUZE LEADER OF ISRAEL SHEIKH MOAFAQ TARIF, RABBI LEORA EZRACHI-VERED, SHEIKH GHASSAN MANASRA, AND NUMEROUS OTHERS LEADERS AND CLERGY FROM THE HOLY LAND. INTERRELIGIOUS TEXT STUDY CIRCLE FOR CLERGY (ONLINE & IN-PERSON) THE ABRAHAMIC REUNION WITH YAKAR JERUSALEM HELD INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE CIRCLES FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO FOSTER DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, CONNECTION, AND CONVERSATION. THESE TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ISRAELI NONPROFIT (AMUTAH) REGISTRATION & SUPPORT THE PEACEBUILDERS IN THE HOLY LAND HAVE A NEWLY REGISTERED ISRAELI NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT REPRESENTS THE CAUSE OF NONVIOLENCE, DIALOGUE, AND MULTIFAITH FRIENDSHIP. THE CO-CHAIRS ARE A JEWISH WOMAN AND AN SUFI-MUSLIM WOMAN, AND OTHER LEADERS INCLUDE DRUZE AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MEN, AND WOMEN. THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL YEARS' WORK TO FORMALLY REGISTER A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE HOLY LAND AND REPRESENTS A GREAT STEP FORWARD FOR THE WORK OF PEACE THERE, ALLOWING THE PEACEBUILDERS TO GARNER DONATIONS AND EVENTUALLY GRANT FUNDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ONLINE PRAYER VIGILS DURING THE 10-DAY GAZA WAR IN MAY OF 2021, THE ABRAHAMIC REUNION BEGAN A SERIES OF ONLINE 10-MINUTE PRAYER VIGILS ON ZOOM FEATURING LEADERS FROM AROUND THE HOLY LAND - MEN,WOMEN, YOUTH, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, DRUZE, JEWS, AND SAMARITANS - TO OFFER PRAYERS AND WORDS FOR PEACE, SAFETY, AND CONNECTION. THIS PROVIDED A VISIBLE FORUM FOR THE MANY RELIGIOUS VOICES AND TRADITIONS TO SHOW THEIR SOLIDARITY WITH EACH OTHER. THESE VIGILS CONTINUED DAILY FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THEREAFTER EVERY WEEK THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, 37 IN TOTAL. ATTENDEES JOINED FROM AROUND THE WORLD. UNITY PRAYERS FROM THE HOLY LAND EVERY TWO MONTHS, RELIGIOUS AND PEACE LEADERS GATHERED FOR AN HOUR OF JOINT REFLECTION, PRAYER,AND INSPIRATION ON A DIFFERENT THEME: LOVE, PROTECTION, GIVING, FORGIVENESS, NEW BEGINNINGS. THESE GATHERINGS SHOWCASED THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF RELIGIOUS AND PEACE LEADERS THAT THE ABRAHAMIC REUNION IS WORKING WITH WHILE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING INSPIRATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING COMMUNITY. PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLDS' RELIGIONS 2021 - VIRTUAL ABRAHAMIC REUNION FEATURED TWO PROGRAMS AT THE 2021 VIRTUAL POWR: "YOUNG PEACEBUILDERS OF THE HOLY LAND" WHICH FEATURED SEVEN YOUNG LEADERS EMERGING IN THE INTERFAITH PEACE BUILDING MOVEMENT OF THE ABRAHAMIC REUNION, AND "PEACEBUILDERS OF THE HOLY LAND: CHOOSING HOPE OVER DESPAIR," WHICH BROUGHT BIG NAME INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP FROM ISRAEL AND PALESTINE TO THE WORLD'S PREMIER INTERFAITH EVENT.