Shared purpose. Meaningful connections.
Explore how faith communities have shared Building Together’s work through silan, celebrations, and interfaith gatherings.
Shared food, celebrations, and conversations have connected faith communities with the stories of Palestinian and Israeli farmers working together.
Evanston, Illinois
Beth Emet brought Building Together’s silan into a Sukkot celebration and communal gathering, connecting holiday traditions with the story of Palestinian and Israeli farmers working together. The congregation also shared silan at a Shabbat service.
Gratitude Service
A Building Together representative joined a multi-speaker Gratitude Service centered on gratitude and interfaith dialogue, sharing our work with a community spanning several faith traditions.
New York, New York
Apples and Building Together date honey accompanied Rosh Hashanah services, bringing the story of cooperation into a celebration of the new year.
Chicago, Illinois
Mishkan featured Building Together silan in Rosh Hashanah gift bags and at a community baking event at Zeitlin’s Delicatessen—sharing our work through holiday giving and food.
Schaumburg, Illinois
Pastor Suzanne Ford hosted a multifaith event centered on Building Together, creating space to explore Palestinian and Israeli cooperation as a path toward peace.
Lombard, Illinois
Building Together’s date honey was featured at a Hanukkah gift market, introducing visitors to our work through holiday shopping and conversation.
“Building Together is a wonderful collaboration between Jews and Palestinians to create a delicious product from produce in the land they live on together. Partnering with Building Together is an opportunity to support a vision of Israel-Palestine where everyone can live with dignity and freedom.”
“When many are busy complaining about darkness, Building Together is lighting candles after candles that will shed light for generations to come. I am truly honored and humbled by this great honor. Hope many will follow the example of BT and make a difference Inshallah…”
“Building Together is doing something uniquely positive and courageous. By bringing Israeli and Palestinian farming communities together they are supporting families, restoring peaceful partnership, and offering tangible hope. I am honored to support their vision.”
“Partnering with Building Together enabled our community to begin our new year in hope. Building Together makes manifest our collective prayers for coexistence, collaboration, dignity, and sweetness for all in the Middle East. We celebrate their work and hope they continue to expand opportunity, creativity, and nourishment for Israelis and Palestinians and all around the world devoted to a brighter future for both peoples.”
“Building Together is an inspiring cooperative of Israeli and Palestinian date-farmers..... may it connect us to the many righteous [who are fighting for democracy & peace in the region]... may it remind us that even a 2,000 year old seed can bear new fruit...”
“There’s such a need in this world for people of different backgrounds and histories to come together. Our stories are what connects us. Hearing about the stories of Palestinian and Israeli farmers is so powerful to me and my congregation. I’m so grateful to Building Together for bridging the gaps that are so desperately needed in our world. We’re holding all of the farmers, peace-makers and justice builders in our prayers.”
“Building together is a delicious way to support Israelis and Palestinians working together toward a future rooted in collaboration and peace.”
“In a world where divisions are the norm, Building Together is a refreshing take on the authentic building of Israeli and Palestinian communities that can work, manufacture, sell, communicate, and learn together. I was privileged to host a multifaith event that centered Building Together as a path to peace.”
“Building Together represents hope; the hope that people can see the humanity in one another and build a better future and a better world. The fact that the project supports Palestinians and Israelis creating date honey should elicit the support of all who are looking to bring sweetness into a world so filled with bitterness and strife.”
“It's wonderful to be able to invest in a project that helps to build a shared future for Israelis and Palestinians, and to enjoy delicious date honey at the same time.”
Interested in sharing silan at a gathering, hosting a conversation, or exploring a collaboration? We’d love to hear from you.
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