The Sixth Annual Children
of Abraham Peace Walk is today. This uniquely Brooklyn event begins at the Al-Noor School at 4 p.m. and continues on to the Church of the Gethsemane/Kolot Chayeinu, Congregation Beth Elohim and concludes at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.

Organized by Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, Rev. Tom Martinez (OTBKB's Witness Photographer) and Adem Carroll, the Children of Abraham
Peace Walk brings together Jews, Christians, Muslims and those of
other faiths and all ages, who walk together and learn about each
other’s traditions and houses of worship.

In past years the Peace
Walk has explored Brooklyn Heights, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge over
to Ground Zero; and has visited many congregations, including an
Albanian mosque. This year, the Ethical Culture Society on Prospect Park West in Park Slope is the final venue.

The 2009 Peace Walk begins at 4 p.m. at the Al-Noor School (675
4th Ave. near 21st St.), where participants will view the film "Cities
of Light" and learn more about the school. "Cities of Light" is part of
the “Many Religions One Community” initiative.

The group will then begin the Peace Walk
around 5:15. The first stop is the Church of Gethsemane/Kolot
Chayeinu) at 1012 8th Ave. between 10th and 11th
streets. It is the home of both a Presbyterian congregation formed as an
“intentional community” of and for prisoners and their families and
loved ones; and the progressive synagogue Congregation Kolot Chayeinu
(which means Voices of Our Lives).

The Peace Walk will then progress to
Congregation Beth Elohim/Garfield Temple, (Reform branch) at 8th Ave.
and Garfield Place. The Walk concludes at the Brooklyn Society for
Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (between 1st and 2nd streets),
where participants will eat, talk, hear poet Osagyefoo and see a repeat
viewing of Cities of Light.

Sponsoring congregations include,
as of press time: Al-Mahdi Islamic Foundation; Al-Noor School; All
Souls Bethlehem Church; the Arab Muslim American Federation; the Arab
American Association of New York; Beit El Maqdis Islamic Center; Brit
Tzedek v’Shalom, New York chapter (Jewish Alliance for Justice and
Peace); the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture; Brooklyn
Congregations United; Church of Gethsemane; Congregation Beth Elohim;
Council of Peoples Organization (COPO); Fellowship of Reconciliation;
Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives; the Muslim Consultative Network;
the Park Slope Jewish Center; Temple Beth Emeth v’Ohr Progressive
Shaarei Zedek; and the Islamic Mission of America.