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Community members gather at JW3 for a shared Iftar evening hosted with Nisa-Nashim and New Citizens’ Gateway.
February 27, 2026, 6:15 pm
JW3 hosts community Iftar bringing Jewish and Muslim partners together
Jewish community centre revives interfaith Ramadan gathering with Nisa-Nashim and New Citizens’ Gateway
By Annabel Sinclair
Jewish-and-Muslim-Women., including Laura Marks, at a 2025 Iftar event
February 16, 2026, 4:18 pm
We British Jews need to challenge our instinct to turn inward
While such an inclination is understandable given rising antisemitism, we can lose when fear narrows the circle of who we trust and meet
By Laura Marks
Jewish and Muslim women light candles in remembrance of lives lost in Israel and Gaza at the Nisa-Nashim interfaith peace conference in London. Credit: Nisa-Nashim
October 20, 2025, 12:35 pm
Jewish and Muslim woman unite in London to mourn lives lost and rebuild trust
Forty women of faith join Laura Marks CBE and Dr Zaza Johnson Elsheikh for a moving peace and remembrance event
By Annabel Sinclair
Interfaith
July 25, 2025, 3:10 pm
OPINION: The tea may have turned cold, but interfaith is far from over
Empathy and connection are key to rebuilding Jewish-Muslim trust in a polarised and traumatised Britain
By Laura Marks CBE and Zaza Johnson Elsheikh
Jewish-and-Muslim-Women., including Laura Marks, at a 2025 Iftar event
March 21, 2025, 4:05 pm
Interfaith iftar shares joint prayer for peace
Jewish and Muslim women come together in interfaith solidarity
By Michelle Rosenberg
Angela Rayner meets with Nisa Nashim
November 13, 2024, 2:57 pm
Rayner praises efforts of Jewish and Muslim women refusing to let Gaza conflict divide them
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meets with members of the Nisa Nashim network during interfaith week
By Lee Harpin
Some of the Nisa Nashim women who marked 7 October Photo Yakir Zur
October 8, 2024, 10:52 am
Jews, Muslims and Christians mark 7 October
Interfaith group Nisa-Nashim and Pillar of Cloud hold memorial events
By Jenni Frazer
Alliance of Jewish Women
May 21, 2024, 11:46 am
OPINION: Why is the F-word so problematic for our community leadership?
Not one woman elected to the top table at the Board of Deputies: this is the ongoing, depressing, and externally embarrassing saga of women in Jewish leadership
By Laura Marks and Mia Hasenson-Gross
Nisa Nashim members at Regent's Park mosque. Pic: Yakir Zur
April 18, 2024, 3:19 pm
OPINION: We can’t let connecting faiths fall victim to deliberate smears and fearmongering
'It's easy to mock interfaith work as sipping cups of tea and sharing samosas, but the truth is that it’s a long graft', writes Laura Marks, co-founder of Jewish-Muslim women network's Nisa-Nashim
By Laura Marks
The Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel. Credit: Jotam Confino
January 24, 2024, 10:56 am
OPINION: Standing up for freedom demands more than remembrance
Amidst the violence taking place in Israel and Palestine, we must stand up for the freedom of others, not just our own, writes Laura Marks, chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
By Laura Marks
Jemma Levene and Hifsa Iqbal-Haroon, Nisa Nashim
April 21, 2023, 10:15 am
March of the Living participants break Ramadan fast together
Muslim and Jewish members of Nisa-Nashim share interfaith kosher iftar meal on educational trip to Poland
By Michelle Rosenberg
Nisa Nashim members at South Hampstead synagogue. Pic: Yakir Zur
April 5, 2023, 3:35 pm
OPINION: Come together, right now, over prayer and celebration
As Ramadan, Passover and Easter coincide over one weekend, Laura Marks says it offers a real opportunity to connect with neighbours of other faiths
By Laura Marks
Credit: Yakir Zur6
January 19, 2023, 6:59 pm
A synagogue, mosque and church: Women’s interfaith weekend strengthens bonds
Jewish-Muslim network Nisa-Nashim strives for closer connections during whistle-stop London tour of places of worship
By Michelle Rosenberg
Laura Marks OBE, Mitzvah Day Chair
January 17, 2023, 12:33 pm
Brewing up a mitzvah – interfaith initiative to beat January blues
Mitzvah Day's 'Brew Monday' encourages communities to meet over a cuppa for mental health support.
By Michelle Rosenberg
UK-based director of the Abraham Initiatives Liz Harris-Sawczenko (right) and Akeela Ahmed, an entrepreneur and founder of the podcast 'She Speaks We Hear'
November 14, 2022, 3:03 pm
UAE panel event highlights role of women in Middle East peace-building
Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace holds first female-only panel event showcasing Jewish and Muslim women's ability to cut across faith lines
By Justin Cohen in the United Arab Emirates
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