A group of Jewish, Christian and Moslem religious leaders and teachers ended an inter-faith seminar here today with a declaration that they had experienced “A deep fellowship in that bond which is offered by our belief that we are the spiritual heirs of Abraham.” The statement said that more seminars between the three faiths were planned. It explained the gathering as the result of “an urgent desire to comprehend and be comprehended” and said, “We have expounded to each other our insight into our respective religious problems and our mutual understanding has been stimulated…We have agreed to undertake two common actions: To make the necessary arrangements for the continuation of these contacts and their development; to inform the congregation from which we come of our experience…Let those who hear this common statement be encouraged by it to engage more directly in whatever reconciliatory action may be possible to them.”
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