Yesterday the mayors also visited Yad Sarah, a Non-governmental organization that provides social services.

“It’s a very interesting, really comprehensive human services organization,” he said. “People can go there whether they’re Muslim or Christian or Jewish for a variety of services.”

And the mayor from Providence even shared something with his fellow mayors.

He gave a presentation yesterday – to municipal leaders from Kiev, Ukraine; Bangkok, Thailand; Lima, Peru; and dozens more from around the world, including five other American cities – about the benefits of diversity.

“As an American city with a diverse population,” he said, “I shared the ways the city has promoted multiculturism.”

So far, the governors have had lunch with former Prime Minister and leader of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu; talked global warming with President Shimon Peres, at his home; and will meet with current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tomorrow.

The group is also visiting the Holocaust Memorial and Old City, where the shared histories of three major Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Christianity and Judaism – as well as Armenians are all represented.

The meeting, sponsored by the American Jewish Congress-Council for World Jewry and Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, runs from Oct. 14 through Oct. 18.

Some of the mayors will stay for an extra day or two to visit religious sites. “But I’m coming back,” Cicilline said. “I’ve got a lot to do.”