18 – 27 November 2012
Events were held around England and Wales

(Scotland’s Interfaith Week is 25th November till 5th December)

Sunday 25th November 2012 
St. Peters House, Hale

This was Altrincham Interfaith Group’s event for this year’s National Interfaith Week.

A Peace Mala is a symbolic bracelet that promotes friendship, respect and peace between the faiths and all people in our world. It cuts through all forms of prejudice and celebrates what makes us different from each other.

Local Interfaith Minister Revd Joe Malaika will talk on Global Peace and the Golden Rule.

Thursday, 15th November
Bolton College, Deane Road Campus

This was the annual event of all the Greater Manchester Interfaith Network which is the umbrella organisation for interfaith groups across Greater Manchester. It will showcase the contribution of interfaith groups and organisations and statutory agencies.

The theme this year was “Promoting Interfaith Interaction Through Sports and Well-Being Activities.

Speakers and Contributors to workshops included :-
   * Arun Kang, CEO Sporting Equals
   * Fabrice Muamba, Ex Bolton Wanderers footballer
   * Phil Mason, Bolton Wanderers Community Trust

Thursday 8th November 2012
Menorah Synagogue

The opening speaker was the Right Reverend Brian Noble, Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury.
Keynote speaker was Professor John McDade, Former Principal, Heythrop College, Catholic theologian and a leading expert on the relationships between Christians and Jews.
Other speakers included Canon Albert Radcliffe who spoke on “The Tragic Spiritual and Theological Blindness of the Protestant Church during the Holocaust.”
Eric Roth talked about “An ordinary family:  A second generation Holocaust testimony”.
Rabbi Haim Shalom, Menorah’s new Rabbi, chaired the meeting and spoke on “Jewish Responses to the Holocaust”.

Wednesday 7th November 2012
St Ambrose Preparatory School Hall
Mrs Doris Angel MBE JP will talk on
“Reconciliation after the Holocaust: one Family’s story”

 Doris Angel escaped Nazi Germany in 1936 and settled in Manchester. Seventy two years later she received a letter from the “Loewenstein Research Association.” This was a group of German citizens who wanted to honour the contribution that her father, Felix, and uncle Artur had made to their town – Mössingen.Doriswill share a part of this remarkable story and the relationship that she and those citizens continue to nurture