Service led by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf and cantorial soloist Simon Barrad with music director Jonathan Dimmock. We will be joined by special guests, Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Executive Director of the Islamic Networks Group (ING) and Zachary Markwith, Deputy Director at ING. Followed by a festive oneg.

Service streams on YouTube. Please contact programs@sherithisrael.org for the link.

Maha Elgenaidi is the Founder and Executive Director of ING. With a passion for fostering understanding and cultural competency, she has authored training handbooks on outreach for Muslim Americans and developed training programs for organizations and institutions on cultural literacy and bridging diverse religious and ethnic communities.

Zachary Markwith is the Deputy Director at ING. His research and teaching focus on Islamic sacred texts, early Sufism, Sunni-Shi‘i relations, and the comparative study of religions. He is the author of One God, Many Prophets: the Universal Wisdom of Islam (2013) and the forthcoming book And When I Love Them: the Hadith al-Nawafil and the Formation of Sufism (2025). 

Islamic Networks Group (ING) is a peace-building organization dedicated to fostering understanding of Muslims and other marginalized groups to promote harmony and inclusivity. Their mission is to promote peace among all, by fostering a deeper, more nuanced understanding of Muslims and other faith-based, racial/ethnic, and cultural communities, through teaching, learning, and engaging across differences.