Interfaith gathering urges peace as Hamas hostage families relate crushing fears [Video]

An interfaith conference held in New York City on Monday urged world leaders to remember the hostages still in Hamas custody and to seek a deal that will ultimately see them returned to their families. 

“I hope that our event yesterday can motivate other religious leaders around the country and around the world to see and speak to our shared humanity… and see and speak to the opportunity that we have as religious leaders to speak up for what we have in common and to be partner who brings people together and for healing to begin,” Rabbi Joel M. Levenson of the Midway Jewish Center told Fox News Digital. 

“We’ve seen in this country an unfortunate rise in antisemitism,” Levenson said. “I know from speaking with folks in our community that there’s a fear of Islamophobia, but we can speak …