Lasting impact of Muslim-Jewish Visit to Auschwitz | AJC

Encouraging Muslim guests at a recent Friday evening dinner in Warsaw to join in the refrain of a traditional Shabbat song by chanting “la, la, la,” the American Jewish Committee’s Rabbi David Rosen was briefly interrupted. Dr. Mohammad al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, pointed out that the word “la” in Arabic means “no.” He suggested using the word “naam,” yes. Without further delay, Rosen led the 100 people gathered at Warsaw’s Royal Castle in the revised and uplifting chorus.