Iftar program at Emerson shul
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Iftar program at Emerson shul

April 3, 2025, 11:56 am Edit
Pictured back row from left, Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel of Congregation B’nai Israel; Esra Tozan, Peace Islands Institute interfaith coordinator; Pastor Mark Suriano of 1st Congregational United Church of Christ, Park Ridge; Fatih Silverhill and Hakan Yesilova of PII. Angela Young of Ridgewood’s Unitarian Society; Pastor Marc Stutzel of Woodcliff Lake’s Christ Lutheran Church; and Ellen Michelson, CBI’s interfaith coordinator, are in the front. (Photo courtesy CBI)
Pictured back row from left, Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel of Congregation B’nai Israel; Esra Tozan, Peace Islands Institute interfaith coordinator; Pastor Mark Suriano of 1st Congregational United Church of Christ, Park Ridge; Fatih Silverhill and Hakan Yesilova of PII. Angela Young of Ridgewood’s Unitarian Society; Pastor Marc Stutzel of Woodcliff Lake’s Christ Lutheran Church; and Ellen Michelson, CBI’s interfaith coordinator, are in the front. (Photo courtesy CBI)

More than 90 people from local faith groups recently attended an Iftar dinner hosted by Emerson’s Congregation B’nai Israel with the Peace Islands Institute of Hasbrouck Heights. Attendees shared the experience of breaking the fast for the evening meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Hakan Yesilova discussed Ramadan’s meaning, and the speakers talked about the importance of standing together against hate.

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