A Rutgers University student who has found a unique way to promote dialogue between Jews and Muslims says she hopes she’s “planting a seed” that will flourish elsewhere. Danielle Josephs persuaded school officials to set up a living environment that includes a handful of students from various backgrounds. The Middle East Coexistence House has 11 female residents with diverse backgrounds including Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Christian and agnostic. Josephs says she got the idea after being “positively shocked” by the campus tensions between Jewish and Muslim students. She admits they do have heated discussions at the Coexistence House, but she says “when it’s over, it’s over” and they are all still friends.

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