The fellows welcomed guests to join them at Abrahamic House DC on Friday, June 21st at 7:00 p.m. for the final Shabbat Conversation Club for the 2022-2024 Fellowship – where they gathered for a meal to discuss issues that matter.…
Eid al-Adha is a celebration to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s devotion to Allah and his readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail. At the very point of sacrifice, Allah replaced Ismail with a ram, which was to be slaughtered in place of…
We organized a virtual Q&A with the 2022-2024 DC Fellows for potential applicants to learn more about the fellowship experience. Watch the full video here!
Guests joined the fellows for another iteration of their Shabbat Conversation Club series. They delved into a favorite quote of our Muslim fellow, Daud, from Saadat Hasan Manto’s “A Tale of 1947”: “Pointing to the horizon where the sea…
Guests joined the fellows for another fun and friendly trivia night where they tested their knowledge of the world’s major religions. There was some mixing and matching to make sure groups were made up of members of multiple faiths. Thank…
Abrahamic House DC invited guests to their community Passover Seder. A Jewish Passover Seder is a ritual feast that commemorates the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Together the fellows and their guests: read from a book…
Our fellows and their guests attended the Pueri Cantores Mid-Atlantic Festival! Hundreds of students from across the eastern seaboard will joined together at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as a united choir, culminating in a…
Community members joined our fellows to attend the congregational Eid prayer and celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Eid Al-Fitr, also known as the “Holiday of Breaking the Fast”, is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset…
Abrahamic House hosted it’s second Iftar feast! Guests joined our fellows on the seventh day of Ramadan to participate in this important month of fasting, prayer, and community. Over the course of the evening, they heard moving recitations of the…
Saturday, March 23rd, 7:00 PM EST Our fellows hosted yet another Abrahamic House DC Purim party and community Purim spiel! Purim is a Jewish holiday that retells how a secretly Jewish queen, Ester, helped save her people from Haman. Here’s…