Jewish Muslim Friendship in Western New York:   an online family magazine

Welcome to our website! 

We are pleased to introduce you to Jewish Muslim Friendship in Western New York, a new online magazine.

We are Jewish and Muslim residents of the Buffalo NY area, seeking friendship and understanding between our communities.  We offer our new magazine as an effective and exciting way to exchange ideas and to learn from one another's cultural, religious, and personal experiences.  Convinced that many people of good will throughout Western New York share our aspirations, we invite all to join us in this promising endeavor.

We call ours a “family magazine,” for we intend its content to be suitable for all members of the family, young and old.  There will be no discord in our pages, only thoughtful discourse with full respect for all participants. 

Along with beautiful illustrations, we present interesting stories, news articles, historical and archeological explorations, philosophic essays, spiritual insights, favorite recipes, poetry, book and film reviews, and other imaginative features.  Our third issue, just published, explores music in Islamic and Jewish settings.

To view our past issues, click on the underlined links (in blue) below:

First issue, vol 1 no 1  WINTER 2011

Second issue, vol 1 no 2  SPRING 2011

Third issue, vol 1 no 3  SUMMER 2011

Fourth issue, vol 2, no 1  SPRING 2012

See also the "About Us" and "Contact Us" pages on this website, to learn more about our magazine and to offer your own suggestions or submissions.

Copyright Notice

All text, photographs and layout designs appearing in our magazine are © 2011 by Jewish-Muslim Friendship in Western New York and/or its participating writers and photographers and may not be reproduced, either electronically or in print, for any commercial purposes, without written permission from the editor of Jewish-Muslim Friendship in WNY or participating copyright holders.

Readers are welcome to forward the electronic version of the magazine to other interested individuals or organizations for personal, non-profit charitable, or educational purposes only, provided all photo credits, authorship of articles and Jewish-Muslim Friendship in WNY identifications are preserved.

All photographs appearing in the magazine and on the website are by Enid Bloch and copyrighted by her unless otherwise identified.  They may not be reproduced without permission from the photographer.

Bronze ewer with Arabic calligraphic band conveying good wishes for the owner, from 12th century Iran, Seljuq period. Metropolitan Museum of Art.  EB photo.

In Our Fourth Issue

Vol.2  No.1 SPRING  2012

Metropolitan Museum Shows Off  Islamic Art

How Old is Art?

Jewish Artist Milton Weiser

Jewish Federation Hosts          Community Seder 

Turkist Artist Haydar Hatmi

Children's Art

Training Afghan Imams

Serge Etele of Cameroon

Beauty of Synagogue and Mosque