The Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern New Jersey (JCRC) is
the human relations, public policy, and social advocacy agency of the Jewish
Federation of Southern New Jersey and one of America’s most reliable
and steadfast allies of the State of Israel for the past half century.
It shares values, and principles with its members, the Jewish religious,
social welfare, fraternal organizations and congregations of the tri-county
area of Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties.
New Five Year Interfaith Holiday Calendar: The JCRC continues
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use by local organizations, government agencies, schools, and others, to
ensure proper respect for the religious holidays of all faiths when scheduling
public events, ceremonies, and school activities.
Muslim and Catholic communities sign Letter
of Cooperation and Understanding
Clicking on this image will activate a video player so you
can watch the entire ceremony, including interviews with Bishop
Galante, Zia Rahman, and Alan Respler. The program runs approximately
55 minutes.
Leaders of the Muslim
and Roman Catholic communities in South Jersey formalized their
interfaith dialogue partnership with the signing of a Letter
of Cooperation at ceremonies at the Voorhees mosque of the
Voorhees Muslim American Association on February 20. The agreement
is an outgrowth of the highly successful Catholic-Jewish-Muslim
dialogue under the auspices of the Catholic-Jewish Commission.
Jewish community representatives included Alan
Respler, JCRC Executive Director, Rabbi Lewis Eron, community
chaplain, and Dr. Michael Partnow, co-chair of the Catholic-Jewish
Commission. More than 60 people attended the historic ceremony,
which was covered by 6ABC and KYW TV, and WIBG Radio.
You can
hear reports about the ceremonies here,
courtesy of Global Podcast News Service.
In top photo, Alan Respler converses with Habib Quraishi from
the Muslim community. In bottom photo, Zia Rahman, right, holds
a framed scroll with a quotation from the Holy Q'uran for presentation
to Catholic Bishop Joseph Galante, center. Assisting is Aqil
Khan from the Muslim American Association.
Audio news reports on the ceremony: Audio
news reports on the ceremony were also prepared by the Global
Podcast News division of Professional Podcasts LLC.
You can download
these reports:
GPN-CathMusWrap1 -
Wrapper report on the signing with audio sound bits from Camden
Bishop Joseph Galante. 1:24 standard outcue
GPN-CathMusWrap2 -
Wrapper report on the signing with audio sound bits from Camden
Bishop Joseph Galante, Jewish Community Relations Council Executive
Director Alan Respler, and Muslim Community leader Zia Rahman
(pronounced RAHK mon). 1:51 standard outcue
Report #1 was used on February 21, 2008 on WIBG 1020 AM Radio,
Atlantic City. You can download an aircheck of that newscast
here.
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