Sufra Kitchen, a Muslim run food bank and kitchen, led interfaith week 2017, by contributing to  Mitzvah day 2017. Sufra Kitchen is a food bank and kitchen based in Northwest London, aiming to support local disadvatged families suffering from food poverty.

To mark interfaith week 2017, and Mitzvah day 2017, they held two interfaith cooking sessions for the homeless in their Neasden based kitchen. At the beginning of interfaith week, the local Punjabi, Muslim and Jewish community all got together to and cook Biriyani and apple crumble.

Yesterday To mark Mitzvah day 2017 and the end of interfaith week, Sufra kitchen held a final cooking session for students and teachers from the Jewish Community Secondary school, and Lady Nafisa school for Muslim girls. Students and teachers from both schools worked together to cook food for the homeless who were being hosted at St Mary’s church, Primrose Hill night shelter.

Muslim and Jewish students cooking for the homeless. #MitzvahDay pic.twitter.com/WDkvIcHYs9

— Sufra NW London (@SufraNWLondon) November 20, 2017

Mitzvah day volunteers also did a supermarket collection for the Sufra kitchen food bank , managing to collect over ten trolleys of food.

#MitzvahDay Volunteers doing a supermarket collection in Sainsbury 02 Centre Finchley. Amazing collection over 10 trolleys, thank you! #FoodBank pic.twitter.com/UWbSfSvYq4

— Sufra NW London (@SufraNWLondon) November 20, 2017

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What is Mitzvah day?

‘Mitzvah’ is a commandment in Jewish law, which is often used to describe a good deed or an act of kindness, and this is the basis of the day. People from the Jewish community gather on Mitzvah day to ‘give their time, not their money’, to make a difference to their neighbours, local charities and local communities. Its a chance to get people form all faiths together, where they bond and get to know each other, all while they help make a difference to their local communities.

I am delighted to support Mitzvah Day. Bringing communities together in this way shows how the Jewish values of solidarity, compassion and social justice help shape a better, stronger society. @MitzvahDay

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 19, 2017

This year interfaith week happened to fall a week before Mitzvah day, and so prompted a great collaboration between the Jewish and Muslim community.

Sharing #HateCrime at Interfaith Meeting with @DrMusharrafH Bishop Tony Porter & Daniel Pears of Mitzvah Day 365 pic.twitter.com/QXgTBP3oac

— Clive Foster (@CliveFoster3) November 18, 2017

Synagogue Mitzvah Day project in partnership with London Central Mosque at St John’s Hospice Day Centre on Sunday 19 November 2017 pic.twitter.com/eltDiRAsHc

— LondonCentral Mosque (@iccukorg) November 19, 2017

To the thousands of Londoners of all faiths & backgrounds volunteering their time across our city for @MitzvahDay: thank you. #MD17 pic.twitter.com/wxAmdTYjfZ

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) November 19, 2017

Some community members from Golders Green mosque even donated blood at the local synagogue;

Members of new Golders Green mosque donate blood in shul for Mitzvah Day https://t.co/LLpl90kpZy via @JewishNewsUK

— Friends of Israel (@bristolisrael) November 20, 2017

In a time of such discord and conflict, it is heartwarming to see when communities unite for a common interest in supporting the vulnerable people in our community.