In a world fractured by conflict, rising hate crimes, and deepening religious and cultural divides, a quiet but powerful force continues to grow: grassroots interfaith work rooted in the shared Abrahamic heritage of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

On October 13, 2026, Jordanian peace activist and President of the Jordan Coalition for Change, Abedalelah Almaala, shared a video on X titled Rising from the Ashes Part 2. Alongside it, he declared:

“The Abrahamic movement is the only solution for building humanity and resolving internal and external problems and conflicts for all nations of the world.”Abedalelah Almaala, on X

The video, produced by JAM & ALL Interfaith (Jews And Muslims & ALL) of South Florida, marks the organization’s 20th anniversary. Founded in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks by Moshe David Kamrat, son of Holocaust survivors, and local imams, JAM & ALL began as a deliberate effort to bring Jews and Muslims together. It soon expanded to include people of all faiths and none.

A conference built on listening

The film interweaves personal testimonies, sacred texts, and reflections from the 2020 conference, held at Florida Atlantic University. The gathering drew 150 to 200 participants from diverse faith backgrounds. It had two goals: to raise awareness of the root causes of hate and bigotry behind violent crimes, and to examine how individuals and caring communities can take positive steps.

Its keynote speaker was Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist leader who left extremism after experiencing kindness from those he had been taught to hate. Michaelis stressed a simple but difficult practice: deep listening, even to those whose views feel threatening, as the necessary first step toward transformation.

“You’re not going to get to that point of dialogue until you listen first.”Arno Michaelis, in the film

Recurring themes

Participants in the video return to the same ideas again and again:

• Shared dignityHuman worth across faith lines.
• Relationships firstPersonal bonds outweigh ideology.
• Honest self-reviewConfronting one’s own biases.
• Next generationHope through the new JAM & ALL Interfaith Youth arm.

Almaala and the Abrahamic Movement

Almaala’s endorsement fits a broader pattern in his public work. A Bedouin from the Bani Hassan tribe and a vocal advocate of normalization between Jordan and Israel, he has prayed at the Western Wall, marched in New York’s Celebrate Israel Parade under the banner “Jews are our partners,” and met with leaders of the Global Abrahamic Movement. He consistently argues that Muslims and Jews are partners “in the past, in the present, and in the future.”

The Abrahamic Movement itself, founded in 2019 by Tom Wegner, now claims more than 20 chapters and tens of thousands of supporters across the Middle East and beyond. It seeks a shared regional identity grounded in the figure of Abraham rather than in competing national or sectarian narratives.

Proof that it can work

JAM & ALL’s two decades of uninterrupted interfaith gatherings, including picnics, café dialogues, mosque and synagogue visits, and youth programs, offer a living demonstration that such relationships are possible. As one long-time member noted in the film, in twenty years the organization recorded not a single incident of violence or even unwillingness at its meetings.

The video ends not with policy prescriptions but with a gospel-tinged affirmation of hope: “God is gonna make it better… He’s in full control… Gotta get better.”

In an era of renewed polarization, the message carried by both the South Florida interfaith pioneers and figures such as Abedalelah Almaala is clear: lasting solutions will not come from further division. They will come from the hard, patient work of listening, kindness, and the recovery of a shared Abrahamic inheritance that insists every human being carries the same divine breath.