Hundreds of viewers joined The Bridge Multicultural Project on Tuesday evening to commemorate the holy month of Ramadan in a broadcast on Facebook live.
This year’s event was organized in a unique way to comply with the government regulations as to social distancing.
Mark Meyer Appel, founder of The Bridge, along with the chairpersons of the event, Hafida Torres, Yasmeen Atef, Katherine Khatari and Rabbi Shlomo Segal praised this unity event and its importance with deep emotions.
The Ifta brought together leaders of all faiths Jews, Christians and Muslims sending a strong message of unity and love and what keeps us together during this very difficult era as we face a world shut down.
Imam Dr. Abdelem Salem, founder of The Dar Al Hadith Foundation, was introduced by Hafida Torres the evening’s chairperson and proceeded to give a moving speech on the meaning of Ramadan and the beautiful history of the Muslim communities flourishing around the world
Every year, Muslims around the world celebrate the Holy month of Ramadan. The holiday is well-known for a few things, including fasting, lanterns, and Eid al-Fitr,
Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims believe that during this month the gates of Heaven are open and the doors to hell are closed. Muslims use the month of Ramadan to focus on their connection to God, reflect on their lives, and spend quality time with friends and family. Fasting during Ramadan is also one of the five pillars of Islam. Greetings and blessings were recited by Maria, the Yemenite teen superstar.
The Bridge Unity Band led by Ezzy Gluck and Levi Okunov as well as Moroccan superstar Anass Kharmaj sang beautiful melodies and prayers as so many jubilant participants social media platforms participated and shared their comments via social media with great joy.
Miriam Nockenofsky supervised and arranged the decor. Together and united as one and children on one God, let us open the Gates of Heaven.
