Inter Jewish Muslim Alliance

MUSLIMS AND JEWS WORKING TOGETHER

ABOUT US

American Muslims and American Jews share much in common. We are members of minority communities with many common values and traditions that have lived together for centuries in many parts of the world. We are inspired by the ideals of our country which include respect for differing political views, belief in the strength of pluralism, and a commitment to pragmatic public action across ethnic and religious lines.

We are individuals and representatives of organizations of the two communities, and allies of other faiths who support this coalition, determined to pursue actions to further the rights of all Americans to freedom of religion and conscience. Through action together and in coalition with others we aim to achieve progress on these rights while embodying the ideals of pluralism and equality for all.

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Our PRINCIPLeS

Respecting Views of the Other

We appreciate the diversity of views both within and between our two communities and will not allow diversity of views on some political issues to prevent our collective action on others where we agree. Furthermore, we appreciate there is a mixed history of relationships between some of our communal organizations that we cannot undo. We agree to discuss past grievances and work together to heal those grievances while we pursue a common agenda.

Public Action

The programmatic focus of the alliance will be public actions in support of freedom of religion and conscience and against discrimination and bigotry. These actions may include media campaigns to influence our two communities and the entire country; external advocacy of legislation and policies at the local, state and national levels; and internal advocacy directed within our two communities. Such joint actions will build greater understanding and strengthen ties between our two communities.

Standing Up for the Other

We will not hesitate to defend collectively and individually, in the media, the courts and governmental agencies, when the other community, or its institutions and communal organizations, come under attack in the US. Collective action decisions will be taken by consensus of all the partners.

Resources

American Muslim Poll 2019: Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

Muslim-Jewish Relations Amid Rising Discrimination: Pew Research Center

Dialogue Principles

EVZ Foundation Award for Jewish-Muslim Solidarity

Statement on Relations between Muslims and Jews, December 3, 2019

Inter Jewish Muslim Alliance Video

BoARD MEMBERS

Sheryl Olitzky

Raheemah Abdulaleem

Majid al-Sayegh

Wa’el Alzayat

Georgette Bennett

David Bernstein

Marshall J. Breger

Susan E. Canter

Rabia Chaudry

Richard Foltin

Amb. Rashad Hussain

Rizwan Jaka

Suhail Khan

Imam Mohamed Magid

Rabbi Jack Moline

Melanie Nezer

Dean Obeidallah

Carly Pildis

Daphne Price

Rabbi David Sandmel

Amb. Rabbi David Saperstein

Ann Schroeder

Joshua Seftel

George Selim

Imam Talib Shareef

Robert Silverman

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PARTNERS

The Kreuzberg Initiative against Antisemitism – KIGA – www.kiga-berlin.org

Political Education for the German multicultural society

Founded in 2003, the Kreuzberg Initiative against Antisemitism (KIGA), a registered non-profit organisation, was one of the first German civil society initiatives to develop education-based methods for dealing with antisemitism in a multicultural German society. We develop models for curricular and extra-curricular education tailored to the everyday reality of the young people we work with.

The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (AMEL) – www.amelproject.org

The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (AMEL) aims to mobilize, empower, and unite millennial leaders and activists from the Middle East and Africa to build resilient, inclusive societies that are free from discrimination, persecution, and violent coercion, and to advocate for policies in support of these goals. AMEL currently provides the legal, financial and operating infrastructure for IJMA so that it can focus on its programmatic goals.