How Our Muslim/Jewish Partnership Can Help America Overcome Divisiveness | Opinion

How Our Muslim/Jewish Partnership Can Help America Overcome Divisiveness | Opinion

It's no secret that we are a nation divided. Polarization has become the defining feature of 21st century American life. And yet, it is equally obvious that our future depends upon overcoming these divisions and finding our way back to unity, one rooted in our glorious diversity.

Our experience working together from what are often seen as identities in conflict—one of us leads a Muslim organization, the other a Jewish one—has taught us something important about overcoming difference and shaping an agenda of tolerance rooted in deep pride in our unique identities as well as a commitment to all that we share. It has given us a blueprint for how to recommit to pluralism without sacrificing difference, identity or history. And it's a lesson that could not be more important in an America where intolerance is rising on both sides of the political spectrum.