KIM LAWTON: By vocation, he's a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. By avocation, he's an artist of illusion. Father Jerry Jecewiz raises money for his parish's school by performing magic with a message.

FATHER JERRY JECEWIZ: "If I do a magic trick, up front, in a homily, in a sermon, I have people looking in my direction. I have their eyes, and therefore have access to their heart."

LAWTON: Recently, after years of levitating his assistants and making animals disappear, Father Jerry put a new spin on the old pulling a rabbit out of a hat trick.

With help from Rabbi Akiva Glickman, [Father] Jecewiz performed his first interfaith magic show.

FATHER JECEWIZ: "Sometimes, you know, there is emphasized the gulf or gap between different religious denominations, and here is a hobby that both of us share for a long time that wound up being a bridge."

RABBI AKIVA GLICKMAN: "It's the love of magic. Both of us would not be doing it if were weren't dedicated or love the actual art itself."