Vision Note
Our Mission: To support, sustain, and advocate on behalf of Jewish life across Islamic States.
Our Aspirations:
• Provide a platform for rabbis and Jewish communities in Muslim countries to connect with and support one another on issues of common concern, as well as to serve as a collective voice that complements their individual engagement and advocacy with national governments and beyond.
• Enable and safeguard Jewish practice across the Muslim world – from arranging, leading, and teaching prayers and festival traditions to ensuring the provision – and even encouraging the production – of kosher food locally. Also, to strengthen the capacity of local Jewish communities to serve as a “home away from home’ for Jewish visitors and business travelers.
• Advance the strategic engagement between faith leaders through the formation of the ARIS Charter – and transforming the Abraham Accords into an active grassroots dialogue between peoples.
• Develop a global network of Friends of ARIS who assist ARIS by providing strategic advice, expanded networks of professional and personal contacts, professional services, and political and financial support.
• Develop online content that promotes ARI, focusing such critical issues, among others, as interfaith dialogue, Jewish faith-based connections to Hebrew and the Land of Israel, and community profiles in locally spoken languages such as English, Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. ARIS will also generate and disseminate related content on social media channels as an authoritative voice on Jewish affairs in Muslim communities worldwide.
• Visits between ARIS leaders across members-states will help solidify and solidify the network and forge stronger connections between the communities residing in Muslim societies. These ties will enable local branches to benefit from a global network spanning Asia, Africa and Europe.
• Convene Rabbis and communal leaders for an annual in-person summit – with training workshops, dialogue with faith leaders etc. to be hosted by a member/Muslim state.
Mission & Aspirations
Supporting Jewish life across the Muslim world
ARIS connects rabbis and communities, safeguards Jewish practice, and builds enduring relationships across Islamic states.
A clear commitment to the rabbis and Jewish communities who sustain Jewish life throughout the region.
To support, sustain, and advocate on behalf of Jewish life across Islamic States.
02 · Our aspirations
Seven commitments that move the mission forward
From daily religious life to international dialogue, ARIS turns a regional alliance into a durable network of mutual responsibility.
Connect communities
Provide a platform for rabbis and Jewish communities in Muslim countries to connect with and support one another on issues of common concern, while serving as a collective voice that complements their individual engagement and advocacy with national governments and beyond.
Safeguard Jewish practice
Enable and safeguard Jewish practice across the Muslim world — from arranging, leading, and teaching prayers and festival traditions to ensuring the provision, and even encouraging the local production, of kosher food. Strengthen local communities as a “home away from home” for Jewish visitors and business travelers.
Advance faith-based dialogue
Advance strategic engagement between faith leaders through the formation of the ARIS Charter — transforming the Abraham Accords into an active grassroots dialogue between peoples.
Build a global circle of friends
Develop a global network of Friends of ARIS who assist the alliance through strategic advice, expanded professional and personal networks, professional services, and political and financial support.
Create authoritative content
Develop online content addressing interfaith dialogue, Jewish faith-based connections to Hebrew and the Land of Israel, and community profiles in locally spoken languages including English, Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. ARIS will also share related material through social media as an authoritative voice on Jewish affairs in Muslim communities worldwide.
Strengthen ties through visits
Visits between ARIS leaders across member states will solidify the network and forge stronger connections between communities in Muslim societies, enabling local branches to benefit from a global network spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Convene an annual summit
Bring rabbis and communal leaders together for an annual in-person summit, with training workshops and dialogue among faith leaders, hosted by an ARIS member in a Muslim state.
Across borders, united in purpose
A regional alliance with global meaning
ARIS was created to connect and support rabbis serving Jewish communities in predominantly Muslim countries.
Every relationship strengthened locally helps build a wider culture of dignity, coexistence, and practical cooperation.
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Learn more about the alliance and the communities it serves
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