This only goes to show that there are Jews and Muslims who consider themselves friends. I remember several years back on the Bronx Board a former resident of the Bronx was saying how he had eaten at the homes of so many Muslim friends of his during Eid that he was stuffed, and that he had been busy running around delivering flowers to his other Muslim friends. His only complaint was that the call to prayer at such an early hour woke him up.
A small crowd gathers to hear the call of the muezzin through the songs and explanations of a rabbi and sheikh at the Sacred Music Festival in Jerusalem (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
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Jessica SteinbergJessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
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It was day two of the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival, and a group of people were gathered on an Old City rooftop just before dusk, overlooking the Christian, Jewish and Arab neighborhoods below.
It was the perfect setting for Rabbi Hacham David Menachem and Sufi Sheikh Ghasan Manasra — two bards, musicians and friends — who were waiting for the muezzin’s call to prayer, one of five that take place throughout the Muslim day of worship.
By their side was Manasra’s son, accompanying them on the oud; Menachem had his oud too, as well as a reed flute.
Continue reading at:
A timeout for the muezzin The Times of Israel
A small crowd gathers to hear the call of the muezzin through the songs and explanations of a rabbi and sheikh at the Sacred Music Festival in Jerusalem (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
WRITERS
Jessica SteinbergJessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
RELATED TOPICS
It was day two of the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival, and a group of people were gathered on an Old City rooftop just before dusk, overlooking the Christian, Jewish and Arab neighborhoods below.
It was the perfect setting for Rabbi Hacham David Menachem and Sufi Sheikh Ghasan Manasra — two bards, musicians and friends — who were waiting for the muezzin’s call to prayer, one of five that take place throughout the Muslim day of worship.
By their side was Manasra’s son, accompanying them on the oud; Menachem had his oud too, as well as a reed flute.
Continue reading at:
A timeout for the muezzin The Times of Israel
