In an attempt to foster interfaith cooperation, a Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles leased its space to a mosque for Ramadan, but the arrangement quickly unraveled after the synagogue's congregants learned that Israeli hostage posters had been covered and a controversial speaker had been welcomed.

The author reflects on the need to combat Islamophobia within the Jewish community, underscored by the tragedies like the Tree of Life shooting and the Christchurch mosque attack.