One talks about Allah and her mosque, the other talks about her synagogue and the Star of David. Together, they speak about faith, a powerful term when conjured in performance poetry by Hannah Halpern and Amina Iro, two college student poets who first met in a Washington, DC youth slam poetry team.
This week, the two poets and friends were at Limmud UK, an annual Jewish learning event that drew more than 2,500 participants for a week of lectures, workshops, performances and discussions on a wide range of Jewish issues, ranging from culture, art and psychology to history and politics.
The two 18-year-olds held four poetry workshops, focusing on cultural differences, womanhood, identity and faith.
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