Dan Fleshler, a Jewish resident of Jackson Heights, proudly identifies with his Queens neighborhood, one that is by many measures the nation’s most diverse. But he also recognizes the limitations of his day-to-day life.

“I really don’t have a whole lot of contact with my Muslim neighbors,” Fleshler said. He added that, outside of a monthly open-mic night he takes part in at local coffee shop Espresso 77, “it’s incidental contact.”

Fleshler, as a partial remedy, said he plans to attend a Jewish-Muslim gathering on Sunday that, in the multicultural spirit of Jackson Heights, is taking place in the garden of St. Marks, an Episcopal church.

The event, “Finding shelter in each other,” is being hosted by Malkhut, a 10-year-old organization whose stated purpose is to build “a creative, pro

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