24 December 2010 - 20:30

Jews and Muslims in the Detroit area united last Christmas Day to serve the community while Christian neighbors celebrated their holiday.

DETROIT (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Jews and Muslims in the Detroit area united last Christmas Day to serve the community while Christian neighbors celebrated their holiday.

This year, the volunteer effort is being modified to accommodate Jews' and Muslims' own holy days.

The event traditionally known as Mitzvah Day was being held Friday across southeast Michigan, since Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath.

About 50 Muslims were joining several hundred Jews at sites serving food to the homeless, sorting used books for a sale to benefit literacy education and taking the elderly to a Christmas Eve service.

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