We shine a light on two young leaders of a new generation of grassroots Muslim-Jewish encounter in Los Angeles. They're innovating templates of practical relationship that work with reality, acknowledge questions and conflict, yet resolve not to be enemies — whatever the political future of the Middle East may hold.
Malka Haya Fenyvesi and Aziza Hasan pose for their interview with StoryCorps.
» No More Taking Sides
Robi Damelin and Ali Abu Awwad come from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and both lost loved ones to violence. Hear their stories and why they "refuse to be enemies."
» The Spiritual
Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel
Malka mentions "the seder that never happened" between Dr. King and Rabbi Heschel, who embodied the social activism of the biblical prophets he studied. Learn more about his teachings and his prophetic legacy.
» Religious Passion, Pluralism, and the Young
Malka and Aziza spoke at a 2007 Interfaith Youth Core conference. Learn more about Eboo Patel and his vision of how young people relate to their own religious traditions and those of others.
In February 2009, NewGround participants teamed up, two by two, and asked each other questions about their time in the program — the struggles and the joys, the memories and the ideas that changed them. StoryCorps recorded these conversations and we selected clips to give you a better idea of the scope of this interfaith dialogue.
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