Israel’s Ambassador To The US, Michael Oren, Hosts Ramadan Iftar Dinner

Yasmine Hafiz of The Huffington Post reports that Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren celebrated the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Tish B’Av by hosting an Iftar dinner in his home. “Oren sent a strong message of interfaith and solidarity by choosing a day on which both Muslims and Jews could break the fast together while still observing their different traditions,” Hafiz writes. 

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