Yes to Love, No to Hate:
An Interfaith Gathering of Solidarity, Hope and Action
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
6pm at The Fourth Universalist Society, 160 Central Park West (between 75 and 76th)
This is a time for NYC’s communities of faith to come together to reaffirm our shared spiritual values, to gain strength, and to affirm our commitment to each other in the fight against oppression.
Our country is at a moment of spiritual crisis. Its soul has been damaged, and we are at risk of losing our way. White supremacists and Nazis marched in Charlottesville without masks and without fear of retribution, many armed with weapons. These individuals and groups seek to destroy people of color, Jews and Muslims, immigrants and LGBTQ individuals. They took the life of an innocent woman and left many more injured. And the marching continues in cities across the country.
While hate like this is not new and while white supremacy continues to harm the most vulnerable in our society, we now see this hatred and violence legitimized and even encouraged at the highest levels.
We need each other. We need to declare together, across differences of faith and race, that there is no room for hate in our congregations, in our city and in our nation.
We gather to affirm that our faiths instruct us to love—and that love will always win.
Join us! You are needed. Join us as we draw on our faith traditions to inspire us to hope and to act together towards racial justice and an end to discrimination and oppression. Join us as we pray and seek peace—shalom, salaam.
Please post widely. RSVPs helpful for event planners.
Sponsored by (list in process*):
SAJ (Society for the Advancement of Judaism),
B’nai Jeshurun
Grace Congregational Church
Riverside Church
The Interfaith Center of NY
Congregation Sha’arei Tzedek
Workmen’s Circle
The Fourth Universalist Society
JCC Manhattan
Congregation Shaare Zedek
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Uri L’Tzedek
Romemu
Union Theological Seminary
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Ansche Chesed
Kolot Chayeinu
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
The Community Church of NY Unitarian Universalist
Malkhut, Western Queens
NYC Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee
LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent
Church of Saint Paul and Saint Andrews
Metropolitan Association, New York Conference of the United Church of Christ
West End Synagogue
Pamsula Zen Center
Chautauqua Institution, Department of Religion
Temple Shaaray Tefila
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
*To sign on as a sponsor, please email rabbilauren@thesaj.org.