A much larger number of community members attended this year’s event than last year. Loel Bartlett Miller, secretary of the ICCC, attributed the large turn out to the excitement from Nahmod’s performance. The group was first exposed to Nahmod’s encouraging lyrics of peace, love and compassion across all nations, cultures and faiths when six members of the ICCC participated in the Parliament of World Religions in Toronto, Canada, in early November of last year.

His evocative messages prompted Miller to speak with Nahmod after the show to extend an invitation to perform at their WIHW event. “I really felt the six of us from the Interfaith Council who were able to attend knew we had to bring these messages back,” Miller said.