On June 8th, 2014 Pope Francis hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders from the Holy Land at a prayer gathering for peace in the Vatican gardens, in the presence of Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas.
Rabbi David Rosen, whohas taken leave from his position as AJC’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs in order to serve as Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, has been advancing understanding and good relations between religious communities for more than forty years.