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Feb 2018
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Sarah Bassin and Abdullah Antepli — Holy...

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The tensions of our time are well-known. But there are stories that are not being told, because they are not violent and not shouting to be heard. One of them is that all over this country, synagogues and mosques, Muslims and Jews, have been coming to know one another. There is friendship. There are initiatives that are patiently, and at human scale, plantin ... Show More
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