Abrahamic Reunion Inc.

“David less anna less president secretary married timothy garland hermione garland treasurer director married”

“The 990 is reviewed and approved by the board prior to the 990 being filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Form 990-ez is available on guidestar.”

“The abrahamic reunion works to build sustainable peace with diverse faith communities in the holy land. We foster harmony by exploring common abrahamic values in order to create deep and lasting connections between people.”

“Healing the heart of the holy land was added this year.”

“Holy land projects: the abrahamic reunion plans and coordinates peacebuilding events and projects in israel and palestine. These are multi-faith gatherings bringing together jews, muslims, christians and druze faith believers and religious leaders; participants include palestinian residents and israeli citizens. These events create the opportunity to encounter the other through their faiths, religious teachings and texts, dinners, visits to religious sites, and dialogue. These activities facilitate the building of trust and connections with each other, fostering positive experiences with the ultimate goals of creating hope, understanding and cooperation in order to build a safer and more peaceful holy land. A small sample of these events follows: in january, about 40 people (primarily jews and christians) came together at jaffa gate for january's praying together in jerusalem event. In february: -70 people joined the abrahamic reunion's south journey to meet religious, peace and ecology leaders in communities in the negev and gaza border region. Joining us were jews, christians and muslims, rabbis and sheikhs, men and women, including palestinians from east jerusalem, nablus, jericho, bethlehem and hebron, israelis from jerusalem, and the negev, and students from an international conflict resolution course at tel aviv university. -40 people came together for the monthly praying together in jerusalem event; this followed a trip in the old city of jerusalem earlier in the day for about 20 palestinians. In march, about 35 people gathered together for the monthly praying together in jerusalem event. In june: -the 14th annual multi-faith iftar dinner sponsored by the abrahamic reunion was held in the druze town of daliat el carmel, israel with 265 participants equally divided between the four major faiths. -the 1st multi-faith iftar dinner sponsored by the abrahamic reunion was held in jericho in the west bank and was attended by 70 people. In august, the ar sponsored: -a sacred text study on "the holiness of life" with 40 participants, primarily christians and muslims, held in a restaurant in jericho. -a family forum event in the nigun halev community in kibbutz gvat, jews, musims and druze were in attendance; activities included a study of rumi's poetry, a meal, and playing music. In september, the ar sponsored: -a women's program in amghar village with 70 women and 7 men attending. (a total of 4 women's programs during 2018, bringing together 430 women.) -a families forum in the eliakim forest, complete with a barbeque, music and dancing; 71 people attended, including some from each of the four major holy land religions. (a total of 4 families forums with nearly 300 participants.) -a combined text study and youth program in jericho with 85 participants, including samaritans. (a total of about 500 participants at these studies.) in december, the ar organized an interfaith christmas party in bethlehem, with muslim, samaritan and christian families (over 100 people) singing carols in arabic, line-dancing, along with a special visit by santa claus.”

“International speaking events - the abrahamic reunion sends peacemakers and speakers to congregations, educational institutions (e.g., over 300 students at mit, duke, emory university and dawson college), major events (e.g., the parliament of world religions in toronto, canada), prisons (spring hill prison), public spaces to hold informational, inspirational and multi-faith peacebuilding events throughout the world. These events are geared to bring people of multiple faiths together in support of building a peaceful world, and may include dinners, musical events, promotion of the organization, teaching about multi-faith peacebuilding, training sessions for multi-faith dialogue facilitation, interreligious solidarity and dialogue events, and more. A small sample of these events follows: in february, 55 people came together at the holy trinity episcopal church in west palm beach for dinner and discussion on the topic "how do our scriptures, rituals, and faith deal with death?" in may: -there was a panel discussion at the kol chai synagogue, the spiritual home for about 300 reform jewish families, in the london borough of pinner. The topic: "israel is 70: what challenges are there for the next 70 years?" -there was a prison de-radicalization training held at the spring hill prison in the uk (a total of 3 trainings during 2018). -a text study and group meal, with about 30 participants, on the night of shavout at rabbi wittenberg's home. -a presentation for the shi'a ithna - asheri community of middlesex at the mahfil ali mosque during ramadan. -a personal transformation seminar at the center for counseling and psychotherapy education in london. The topic of the seminar was "personal transformation from a muslim and a jewish perspective." in november: -the ar presented 4 sessions at the parliament of world religions held in toronto, canada. -the ar held many programs at its booth, welcoming and connecting with about 1,000 people during the parliament.”

“Healing the heart of the holy land the abrahamic reunion planned and carried out a series of events and activities in 2018 organized under the general theme of "healing the heart of the holy land" (hhhl). A small sample of these events follows: -jewish, muslim, christian, and druze families gathered at sidna ali mosque in herzeliya just north of tel aviv for the ar families forum - 53 participants including football-playing children, families bringing different foods for a shared meal. -a live broadcast vlog from jerusalem, also available on facebook. -a women's peace night event in daliyat al-karmel with speeches from local women leaders and a few male religious leaders. -a live-streamed peace summit in akko (plus a second peace summit in december bringing together nearly 500 grassroots and high-level leaders and peacebuilders from across the holy land). -a special praying together in jerusalem event, which included the ordination of raanan mallek as a rodef shalom, or "pursuer of peace."”

“Israel programs director 14,021 0 0 other 0 24 0 research and social media dir 0 1,708 1,708 research and social media dir 1,708 0 0 research and social media dir 1,709 0 0 research and social media dir 3,417 0 0 executive administrator 0 8,498 0 executive administrator 0 0 4,046 executive administrator 5,394 0 0 executive administrator 1,349 0 0 executive administrator 8,092 0 0 palestinian director 6,750 0 0 israel program manager 4,856 0 0 israel program manager 10,817 0 0 israel program manager 1,183 0 0 int'l director & ambassador 7,500 0 0 int'l director & ambassador 14,500 0 0 int'l director & ambassador 23,453 0 0 int'l executive director 2,000 0 0 int'l executive director 5,000 0 0 other peacemaker support 1,004 0 0 other peachmaker support 515 0 0 total 113,268 10,230 5,754”