Shabbat Dinner: Vaseem Firdaus and Jewish Art

shabbat dinner: New groups are forming, and interfaith coalitions that already existed say interest is increasing, according to The Waterloo Record. Vaseem Firdaus, a Muslim who has lived in the United States for 42 years, spent Friday night at a Shabbat dinner for members of a women group called the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, in a home here filled with Jewish art and ritual objects. They are putting aside for now their divisions over Israel to join forces to resist whatever may come next. Until Trump was elected president, Firdaus, who is 56 and a manufacturing manager at Exxon Mobil, felt secure living as a Muslim in America. But Trump victory has shaken her sense of comfort and security. She has a daughter who is a doctor and a son who is an engineer, and she recently travelled to Tampa, Florida, with her husband looking to buy a vacation home. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.