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The Rabbi, The Imam and The Power of Dialogue

The Rabbi, The Imam and The Power of Dialogue

De: Mark Schweiger and Larchmont Productions
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Since October 7th many Muslims and Jews the world over have stopped talking and in some cases turned on each other.


Amid this turmoil a Rabbi and an Imam managed to keep their friendship alive and have launched this podcast to show the power of dialogue in bridging divides between the two communities.

This bi-weekly podcast will explore how Imam Nasser Kurdy and Rabbi Dovid Lewis have, despite their many disagreements, managed to stay friends while war rages thousands of miles away.


They are two men of faith who speak to each other in 'good faith.'


Imam Nasser Kurdy, originally from Jordan, is a Manchester-based surgeon and lay Imam.

Rabbi Dovid Lewis, is a native Mancunion and has led the south Manchester Jewish Community since 2011.


They’ve been friends since 2012, but became closer after Nasser was stabbed in his neck outside his mosque (as reported in The Guardian) in South Manchester in 2017.


Together, they’ve championed dozens of interfaith initiatives across schools and premiership football clubs in the north west of England since October 7th. For example, they recently co-led an assembly for teenagers on navigating difficult conversations about Israel-Palestine.


Imam Nasser Kurdy: "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict affects relationships within our local communities. Jews and Muslims are having great difficulty speaking to each other. There's no dialogue. Hence this podcast, it's about dialogue."


Rabbi Dovid Lewis: "In our own communities, we might like to think we are influential: Nasser leads the mosque, I lead the synagogue. However, neither of us are able to make a direct difference to what's happening in Israel, Palestine, Gaza, the West Bank. But what is our responsibility? It is to make sure that it doesn't spill over into our communities, into the friendships that we have made with one another."


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This is a Mark Schweiger and Larchmont Productions co-production.

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  • There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Dovid and Nasser respond to the Bondi Beach Terror Attack

    There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Dovid and Nasser respond to the Bondi Beach Terror Attack
    Dec 16 2025

    Recorded on Monday 15th December - 1st day of Chanukah


    Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy respond to the anti-semitic terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Australia on Sunday 14th December, which claimed the life of Dovid’s second cousin, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, and fourteen others attending the menorah-lighting celebration on the first night of Chanukah, including another rabbi and a Holocaust survivor.


    Dovid and Nasser talk about: how their Sundays unfolded; the ‘stranger’ who reached out to console Dovid; Nasser’s reflections on the extraordinary bravery of Ahmed Al Ahmed, the Muslim man who ran towards the gunman in Bondi and saved many lives; and, together, they try to find hope and inspiration in the story and message of Chanukah – known as the 'Festival of Lights'.

    This is a Mark Schweiger and Larchmont Productions co-production.


    If you have any comments or suggestions about the podcast please email: mark@schweigers.uk or philip@larchmontfilms.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    35 m
  • The Terror, The Tears and The Hope

    The Terror, The Tears and The Hope
    Nov 27 2025

    After a short break Imam Nasser Kurdy and Rabbi Dovid Lewis are back for a brand new series. From their time off‑air, they’ve plenty to talk about and reflect on: from the terror attack on Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue, and the tense vigil that followed, to how they moved an audience member to tears at an inter‑faith event, and how Nasser made history at one of British Jewry’s oldest institutions. All is explained in this edition of The Rabbi, The Imam and The Power of Dialogue.

    This is a Mark Schweiger and Larchmont Productions co-production.


    If you have any comments or suggestions about the podcast please email: mark@schweigers.uk or philip@larchmontfilms.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    37 m
  • Is the digital world driving Jews and Muslims further apart?

    Is the digital world driving Jews and Muslims further apart?
    Jul 22 2025

    Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate talks to Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy about why social media algorithms are helping to drive us further apart by feeding our urge to click and share only the most biased and distressing news.


    Imran is the go-to expert for governments and policy makers around the world who want to understand the way social media firms capture our attention by keeping us in a constant state of anxiety and anger, and often spread misinformation and disinformation.


    He recently gave expert evidence before a parliamentary inquiry into the social media's role in the 2024 UK summer riots.


    He's guested on the BBC and NBC, and is regularly quoted in the New York Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Independent, just to name a few.


    Although Imran is currently living in the United States he is a native of Manchester and this podcast draws on his deep connection to the city, with the many personal relationships he developed in his formative years with members of the Jewish and Muslim communities there.


    The wide-ranging conversation addresses the complexities of establishing truth during events like the Gaza war, and the challenges Jews and Muslims face when trying to connect in digital spaces. But it's not all doom and gloom as he suggests ways in which the two faiths can still build real understanding across community lines.

    This is a Mark Schweiger and Larchmont Productions co-production.


    If you have any comments or suggestions about the podcast please email: mark@schweigers.uk or philip@larchmontfilms.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    41 m
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