Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 2001 Page: 8 of 24
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TEXAS JEWISH POST. DALLAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2001 — IN OUR SSTH YEARI - CHANUKAH ISSUE
Second Annual Interfaith Celebration
At Northway Christian Church, Dec. 30
Because of the huge response
to the Interfaith Celebration held
last New Year’s Eve, another
celebration of “Friendship
Among faiths: Gifts we Share,”
is planned for Sunday,
December 30, 4:00 p.m.. at
Northway Christian Church,
7202 West Nothwest Highway.
Religious leaders of all faiths
have been invited to the gather-
ing. Members of all faiths are
invited to attend and learn more
about religions different from
their own. “In light of current
events, this second meeting is a
dramatic presentation to these
traditions of the possibilities of
sharing what we have in com-
mon as an instrument of peace
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here and around the world,”
said the Reverend Roy Harrell
of ThanksGiving Square’s
Interfaith Council.
As they did last year Jews,
Christians and Muslims will
again put their holy books
together. There will be calls for
prayer from all three Abrahamic
faiths - the Jewish shofar (to be
blown by Cary
Rudberg of
Congregation
Snearith Israel),
Christian bell and
Muslim Adan chant.
Speakers include
Bishop Charles
Grahmann of the
Catholic Diocese,
Rabbi Geoffrey
Dennis of
Congregation Kol
Ami, Rev. Douglas
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Skinner of Northway Christian
Church and Iman Muhammad
Shakoor of the Dallas Masjid of
Al-Islam.
As part of presentations of
music from all three traditions,
Avi Mitzner of Congregation
Shearith Israel, will lead the
audience in singing “Henay Ma
Tov” (Behold how good and
how pleasant it is for brothers to
dwell together in harmony”
from Psalm 133.
“I ultimately believe that what
we share in common is greater
than what separates us, and in a
time of geopolitical tension that
pushes us apart, we must take
time to draw together spiritual-
ly,” said Rabbi Dennis.
Attendees will be asked to
make a pledge to share time
getting to know someone from
another faith in 2002. “We
don’t have to agree but we can
come together because we all
believe in One God,” said
organizer Marzuq Jaami, a
founder of Friendship among
Faiths and Assistant Director of
the Dallas Majid of Al-Islam.
The event is sponsored by the
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Dallas, The Greater Dallas
Community of Churches, the
Rabbinical Association of
Greater Dallas, Maryknoll
Center of Dallas and the
Interfaith Council of
ThanksGiving Square.
A reception will follow the
program. The public is invited..
The planing committee is
chaired by Lynn Rossol of the
Catholic Diocese. Jewish mem-
bers of the committee are
Muriel Pinkus and Rosie
Stromberg.
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For Jewish Republicans
By James D. Besser
Hope springs eternal for Jewish
Republicans, but as 2001 draws to a close
there may be more reason than
usual for hoping the party
can 'mp™vc 'Yradi-iA N A LY SIS
tionally dismal showing
among Jewish voters.
According to a new survey by
Republican pollster Frank Luntz, President
George W. Bush's leadership in the war
against terrorism and his newly sympathet-
ic attitude toward Israel have earned unex-
pectedly high approval ratings from many
of the same Jewish voters who spumed him
at the polls in November, 2000.
But the GOP jubilation
has a familiar ring to it;
past blips in Jewish sup-
port have produced similar
predictions of a Jewish-GOP surge, only to
be followed by electoral disappointment.
The Luntz survey COULD presage
shifts in Jewish voting behavior - but
only if condi-
tions remain
favorable for
the next few
years, and only
if the GOP can
overcome for-
midable obsta-
cles still in its
path.
• During a
news confer-
ence last week,
Matthew
Brooks, execu-
tive director of
the Republican
Jewish
Coalition,
described the
results as point-
ing to an
"unprecedented
opportunity"
for the GOP.
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