Atlanta faith leaders work to communicate and heal amid overseas conflict

Soumaya Khalifa, the executive director of The Islamic Speakers Bureau (left), and Peter S. Berg, senior rabbi of The Temple (right), are coming together with other interfaith leaders throughout the Atlanta community to engage in conversation and counsel in light of the latest Israel-Hamas war. (Julien Virgin/WABE)

Atlanta is home to multiple interfaith organizations that frequently engage in dialogue, programming and community-building. Amid the latest Israel-Hamas war, some faith leaders are grappling with how to communicate with their congregations and each other.

Emotions among many of Atlanta’s faith leaders are tense.

“It has been, I would say, one of, if not the hardest week of my Jewish life,” said Peter S. Berg, senior rabbi at The Temple, Atlanta’s oldest synagogue.