Forty Jewish and Muslim women have gathered in London for an interfaith ceremony honouring lives lost in Israel and Gaza and calling for a “new chapter of empathy and unity”.
Co-chaired by Laura Marks, founder of Mitzvah Day and Nisa-Nashim, and Dr Zaza Johnson Elsheikh, President of Belief in Mediation and Arbitration, and Chair of Nisa Nashim, the event opened with candle-lighting, poetry and prayers from the Torah, the Qur’an and Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai.
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