‘We stand together’: Bradford Muslim and Jewish leaders join forces for Ramadan event

Rabbi Natan Levy (centre) shares food with fellow faith leaders at Bradford’s first interfaith iftar. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

As politicians continue to argue and the war in Gaza rages on, leaders from the Muslim and Jewish communities in Bradford held an interfaith iftar on Wednesday evening, to celebrate the diversity of this part of West Yorkshire.

Laurence Saffer, the president of the Leeds Jewish representative council, described the similarities between practising Islam and Judaism and said it was important to attend the iftar – the evening meal held by Muslims observing Ramadan – because “it’s what we do”.