Very long article so i highlighted the main points
1.When Rabbi Charles Familant agreed to marry a Los Gatos couple in June, he found out he would be sharing the job with a Hindu priest. And he'd be barefoot.
That's because the bride, from a Hindu family, and the groom, from a Jewish one, had chosen a ceremony blending elements from both of their cultures. Following Hindu custom, the couple circled a sacred fire, her Indian sari tied to his Jewish prayer shawl, as the rabbi and the pundit intoned their blessings, one in Hebrew and the other in Sanskrit.
The next month, Familant presided over another Jewish-Hindu wedding.
But the fusion of Hindu and Jewish ceremonial rites is only part of a broader marriage between two of the country's most affluent and high-powered minorities, thousands of miles from their homelands.
2.But by far, they said, the strongest force behind the friendship has been the growing ties between India and Israel — two countries with a history of hostile relations with their Muslim neighbors.
3.Many local Muslim leaders said they don't feel threatened by the Jewish-Hindu alliance.
Topic: Jews, Hindus in Bay Area discover common ground. (Read 1462 times)