Last March, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College was honored to have Imam Yahya Hendi conduct a plenum session for us on Muslim-Jewish Relations. The session was a highlight for many of our time together. Imam Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, the first American University to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain.(He is now joined [...]
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Since 2001, the best seller list has seen a rash of books by “evangelical atheists” whose critque of religion, often based on science, leaves little room for a nuanced understanding of what faith, spiritual practice or religious identity could be. Liberal clergy have given sermon after sermon explaining their side of the story. Rabbi David [...]
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Reoonstructionist Congregation Dorshei Tzedek in Newton, Massachusetts was part of an interfaith effort in which teens created a stunning piece of artwork while also discovering their ties with one another. Read all about it here.
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Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, RRC related story, Religion in America, tagged Abrahamic Engagement, interfaith work, interreligious engagement, meaning making, multifaith relations, religious diversity, spiritual practice on February 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday, February 17th, the RRC community will be fortunate to hear a talk by Samir Selmanovic, PhD, the founder of Faith House Manhattan. This will be an opportunity for us to learn about several developments at once. Samir, an ordained Seventh Day Adventist minister, grew up in Croatia as a secular Muslim. As the [...]
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Since 1964, the Journal of Ecumenical Studies has been the premiere academic journal in the field of interreligious dialogue. It pages have been devoted to important research and scholarly investigations, and its audience has been largely clergy, interreligious professionals and academicians. Recently, however, JES published a special issue, edited by Rebecca Kratz Mays. This issue [...]
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Rabbi Dayle Friedman, the Director of Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, will participate in a fascinating program Religious Perspectives on Aging, to be held at WHYY Philadelphia at 7 pm on Thursday, February 19. The multi-faith panel will be moderated by psychologist, author and public radio host, Dr. [...]
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Through the generosity of the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, an RRC student, Amy Loewenthal, is working with the Jerusalem Peacemakers this year, while she spends two semesters studying in Israel. Here is a brief report of a recent trip she made to the south of the country: On Wedneday, Feb 4 , I traveled to [...]
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.–Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 Less than a month ago, we heard the newly inaugurated President [...]
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On Thursday, Feb 5, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb spoke at RRC, offering a slide show about her recent interfaith pilgrimage to Iran. (In the picture below, Lynn is on the far left and next to her is RRC graduate Rabbi Brant Rosen). For those not fortunate enough to have heard Lynn in person yet, click here [...]
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The Won Institute is located in Glenside, Pa, just minutes from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. When the academic dean, Reverend Dr. Bokin Kim called to ask for help in locating a homiletics instructor for their Buddhist Studies Program, we were happy to recommend one of our graduates, Rabbi Goldie Milgram(RRC, 1993),the director of Reclaiming Judaism.org [...]
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