Fasting is a tradition both Jewish and Muslim communities share, so it was a particularly beautiful honor to share in break-fast this Ramadan as Jews.
Carin Mrotz, Migdalia Loyola, and Carla Kjellberg at the Iftar in the Attorney General’s office in the State Capitol on the first night of Ramadan.
This past year, we have seen brutal, murderous attacks on synagogues from Pittsburgh to Poway and Mosques in New Zealand. We have buried Jews and Muslims, victims of white-nationalist terror. We know that our both our communities are under attack, we feel connected in our resistance, our survival.
Our solidarity has been challenged, so it felt especially important to accept the Attorney General’s invitation and to attend this Iftar. We share enemies, yes, but we also share in each other’s celebrations. We share meals together. We learn from one another. We are in dialogue together about how to build a world of justice and human dignity, how to challenge the threatening rise of white nationalism, how to make our mosques and synagogues safe from terror.
At a time when white nationalists seek to pit Jews and Muslims against one another, we come together to break bread, to lift up our hearts
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rabbi Michael Adam Latz at the Iftar in the Attorney General’s office in the State Capitol on the first night of Ramadan.
and souls, to create the world we want to live in: Where people of different faiths appreciate and celebrate our own traditions and share them with our neighbors. Gathered around our tables, feasting together, we offer each other and our community a glimpse of what the world could be.
To our Muslim friends: Ramadan Mubarack!
Carin Mrotz is the executive director of Jewish Community Action, and Rabbi Michael Adam Latz is the senior rabbi at Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis.
