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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Mitzvah Day

British Jews cook chicken soup for homeless people with volunteers from a Muslim group for Mitzvah Day 2018 (Screencapture/BBC)
November 23, 2018, 7:29 pm
London group with alleged ties to Hamas cooks chicken soup with local Jews
Jewish synagogues partner with Muslim Aid, which is banned in Israel, to make food for the homeless on Mitzvah Day
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jakob, 9, prepares purple icing to decorate Christmas cookies for a soup kitchen at Mitzvah Day at the Dueppel Youth Center in Berlin, November 18, 2018. (Toby Axelrod/ Times of Israel)
November 23, 2018, 2:52 am
German Jewish and Muslim children celebrate Mitzvah Day by baking Xmas cookies
A sweet interfaith event centered around good deeds brings communities together in a country where many blame changing demographics for increased tension
By Toby Axelrod
A young girl gives blood at a Magen David Adom emergency services blood donation mobile center on July 9, 2008. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)
December 6, 2017, 4:12 am
London Muslims give blood at synagogue for Mitzvah Day
Annual British Jewish community charity drive sees several interfaith efforts, inspiring other initiatives
By JTA
Member's of Berlin's Jewish community volunteer with refugee children at the Spandau refugee center, with arts and crafts in front and face painting in back. November 13, 2016. (Courtesy)
November 17, 2016, 10:46 pm
Out of the synagogue, into the shelter: When Berlin Jews, refugees bond
On annual Mitzvah Day, members of Jewish community volunteer with children living in German center, offering language lessons to adults
By Luke Tress
Jewish Labour Party MP Luciana Berger, left, British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, center, and Sheikh Ibraham Mogra, right, participate in the UK's annual Mitzvah Day on November 22, 2015. (Yakir Zur)
November 24, 2015, 4:38 am
Jewish-Muslim initiatives headline this year’s Mitzvah Day
Some 40,000 participate in the annual event, which, although centered in the UK, saw good deeds done all over the globe
By Jenni Frazer
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