Shalom-Salaam facilitates women-to-women interfaith dialogue

CHANUKAH 5778 SECTION E PAGE 5 the surface, Bobbi Furer and Gulsum Ciftci Katmer are worlds apart. Furer, 87, is Jewish. Katmer, 31, is Muslim. But they are joined at the hip by their shared gender, humanity and hope. Shalom-Salaam, a cadre of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women pursuing interfaith dialogue, first met in July of this year. Membership has since increased on all fronts. Furer and Katmer, who came to the IJN to discuss the group’s evolution, are antithetical in every way, from their religion to their height (Katmer towers over her diminutive colleague). Yet they complete each other’s sentences, philosophize, joke and exchange familiar winks. Despite their differences, the women genuinely admire each other. Furer, a native Denverite, hails from Hungarian immigrants. Her […]