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...event organized by the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) and Harvard Hillel, Muslim and Jewish students feasted on falafel and hummus after sundown to break the fasting observed during Yom Kippur and Ramadan...
...fast to observe Yom Kippur began at sundown on Sunday and ended last night. Those observing Ramadan will continue fasting from sunrise until sunset everyday until the end of the Holy Month...
This was not the first time that HIS and Hillel have brought their members together. Last year, leaders of Hillel and HIS realized that Yom Kippur and Ramadan would fall during the same period for the next couple of years, according to Farber. A joint breaking of the fast was organized last year as well, resulting in the creation of “Jews and Muslims,” a group of freshmen who met every week for meals in Annenberg Hall, Farber said...
Hopes for even more interaction between the communities abounded at this year’s Yom Kippur meal, which Zaidi said boasted a larger turnout than last year?...
Jewish students at Harvard who are experiencing hunger during today’s Yom Kippur fast can know that they are doing their part to fight hunger across the globe. Hillel and Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) have agreed to donate the money that would have funded Jewish students’ meals to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a nonprofit that grants money to hunger-relief organizations worldwide. Harvard will donate $2.46 per participant, according to Hillel’s vice president for community relations, Erica L. Farber ’07. This is the third year Harvard Hillel...