Trump is bringing people together: American Jews and Muslims are uniting in solidarity against hate

Donald Trump isn’t just the most dangerous man ever to win the presidency—he’s also the most divisive. Trump ran on a platform that called out to racists with promises to erect barriers both literal and legal between people, and he'll pursue these invidious ends once in office.

But a funny thing—a remarkable, really, and glorious thing—has happened precisely because of the course Trump has set us on: He’s inspired people with longstanding differences to set them aside and unite against his message of hate. As the New York Times Laurie Goodstein reports, Jews and Muslims are joining together “to resist whatever may come next.”

And while not knowing what may come next is one of the scariest things about living in Trump’s America, it’s always easier to face an uncertain future together:

Vaseem Firdaus, a Muslim who has lived in the United States for 42 years, spent Friday night at a Shabbat dinner for members of a women’s group called the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, in a home here filled with Jewish art and ritual objects.

Until Mr. Trump was elected president, Ms. Firdaus, who is 56 and a manufacturing manager at Exxon Mobil, felt secure living as a Muslim in America. She has a daughter who is a doctor and a son who is an engineer, and she recently traveled to Tampa with her husband looking to buy a vacation home. But Mr. Trump’s victory has shaken her sense of comfort and security.

How many people share fears just like Firdaus’? Far too many—and that’s precisely what Trump was hoping for.