Guests joined our fellows Friday, May 5th, at 7:00 PM for our May Shabbat Conversation Club – where we gather for a home-cooked meal to discuss issues that matter. During Shabbat, we take time to pause, reflect and welcome in…
Throughout history, May Day has variably been a community festival to gather with neighbors and commemorate the progress of spring, ancient fertility rituals, the rights of workers, and the beginning of a month-long celebration for mothers. The was our first…
Abrahamic House DC invited guests for a Passover Seder on Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. A Jewish Passover Seder is a ritual feast that commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Together the fellows and their guests:
Eid al Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. The day starts with performing a special prayer service at the mosque, known as salat al-eid. Afterwards, we visit our friends and…
Abrahamic House DC invited guests for a Purim party and community Purim “spiel” or play. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates how the Jewish Queen Ester thwarted the wicked plot against the Jews of Persia by the grand vizier…
Our Fellows welcomed guests for a Lenten Fish Fry and March Shabbat Conversation Club – where they gathered for a home-cooked meal to discuss the issues that matter! For many, Lent is a season of contemplation and preparation. We take…
Many guests joined our fellows on the fifth day of Ramadhan to participate in this important month of fasting, prayer, and community. over the course of the evening, the fellows and their guests recited the Quran, learned about the importance…
The Abrahamic House fellows invited guests to join them on February 19th for a Shrove Sunday breakfast! Together, they gathered to enjoy handmade paczki, pierogi, and blini with religious leaders from around the DC area.
The Abrahamic House DC community gathered together to plant a small tree and have a fruit-filled seder dinner. They observed Tu BiShvat, a Jewish holiday that celebrates trees and the environment. This was also the soft-launch of the fellows’ conversation club,…
Rumi began his adult life as a scholar of Muslim jurisprudence, but one day a fellow by the name of Shams Tabrizi showed up in his classroom and asked a question that turned Rumi on his head and redirected his…