NEW YORK — Upper East Side religious leaders are hoping that breaking bread together — the unleavened kind — will help to break down barriers between New Yorkers of different religions. Christians, Muslims and Jews will gather at an Interfaith Peace Seder, the ritual meal that marks the beginning of Passover, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Park Avenue Christian Church. The building is home to both a Christian congregation and Da’at Elohim: The Temple of Universal Judaism. “I have friends from all three religions, and there are so many misunderstandings,” said Kevin Costa, the event’s lead organizer. “A Seder is a great way to bring people together and for people to see each other as people instead of as the other with much more in common than not.” Costa was inspired in part by an interfaith Seder that he attended in college. While that event included only Jewish and Christian guests, Costa wanted to extend this one to Muslims, as well. He reached out to representatives of Park 51, an Islamic community center and mosque, who helped him organize the event. Atif Sial, Park 51’s director of development, said this is the first Seder in New York Ctiy he knows of to include all three faiths. Sial noted that outreach ...      Read more