his article finds me knee-deep in planning an Interfaith Worship Service for Spokane’s PRIDE Week. Working with Jewish, New Thought, Buddhist, and other Christian clergy, we are attempting to put together a worship service so that Spokane’s LGBTQ+ folk will feel celebrated and affirmed. It’s been a humbling and surprising venture for me, as I have never done any overt interfaith work before, and never as clergy leadership. Source: Message of Hope in Planning LGBT Pride Service - SpokaneFāVS...

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( JTA ) — London’s newly-elected mayor, Sadiq Khan, endorsed a pledge co-signed by dozens of American and European mayors to fight anti-Semitism.Khan, a Muslim Labour politician who won the May 5 mayoral election by a broad majority, recently informed the Board of Deputies of British Jews of his decision to join the Mayors United Against Antisemitism initiative, the Board said in a statement published Thursday.

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The Spokane Interfaith Council will conclude its 2016 Meet The Neighbors tour on Saturday with a visit to the Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St.

Source: Spokane Buddhist Temple next stop for Meet The Neighbors - SpokaneFāVS

A location change may help draw more Oklahoma City metro-area youths to a camp focusing on human relations, diversity and inclusion.That's the hope of leaders with the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, which hosts Camp Anytown Oklahoma for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from across the state.

Source: Camp Anytown seeks Oklahoma City metro campers | News OK

(RNS) Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims in his own country. The American Jewish Committee recently hired him as its first U.S. director of Muslim-Jewish relations.

Source: Meet Jewish America’s first ambassador to Muslims | Religion News Service

Interfaith marriage is on the rise, putting parents in a tough spot to choose one religion to pass to their kids. Rami Ayyub reports on a Maryland Sunday school that says it's possible to have both.

Source: With Interfaith Sunday Schools, Parents Don't Have To Choose One Religion : NPR

Pope Francis took a large step in healing relations between the Vatican and the highest Islamic authority in Egypt on Monday. The pontiff met with Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, in an attempt to reopen the lines of communication that have been down since 2011, reports The Huffington Post.

Source: Pope Francis Meets With Sunni Muslim Leader - World Religion News

Elizabethtown College, an unassuming dot on the intellectual landscape, has become the nation’s beta tester in the emerging field of interfaith studies.

Source: A Laboratory for Interfaith Studies in Pennsylvania Dutch Country

“Stereotypes lose their power because they’re replaced by true, authentic relationships,” says Rev. Josh Graves, pastor of the Nashville megachurch Otter Creek Church of Christ, describing his project of engagement between Christians and Muslims. “It’s very hard for people to care about people they don’t know. That’s just true of humans wherever you are on planet earth.” More →

Source: Christians Countering Anti-Muslim Rhetoric | April 29, 2016 |...

Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize For Serve2Unite, Harvard Pluralism Project

Source: Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize For Serve2Unite, Harvard Pluralism Project

Earlier this month, it emerged that Wheaton College had begun the process of firing Larycia Hawkins, a tenured associate professor of political science at the evangelical Christian school. Hawkins was suspended last month after she decided to wear a headscarf during the Advent season to show solidarity with Muslims during a difficult period.