RRC student Leslie Hilgeman just published an op ed in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent about a recent experience reaching out to staff members from Haiti at the Jewish senior residence where she serves as a student chaplain. You can read it here. Hilgeman’s piece tells a powerful story of how caring human encounter can transcend [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The Muslim Call to Prayer at Harvard? A Jewish Response
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America, tagged leon wieseltier, ahan, harvard, public prayer, pluralism on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in 2008, a controversy developed at Harvard University regarding the right of Muslims to sound the Arabic adhan(call to prayer) in a public space. Three graduate students published an op ed in the Harvard Crimson claiming that, unlike church bells or a menorah, these sounds booming forth in the center of the campus were [...]
The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism: Interfaith Implications
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Eastern Religions, tagged Judaism and Buddhism, Jay michaelson, nondual Judaism on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I took advantage of the blizzard(when “everything was snow”) to read Jay Michaelson’s new book, Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism, published last year by Shambala Press. Michaelson is completing a PhD in Jewish Thought at Hebrew University and has written extensively for The Forward, Huffington Post, Tikkun and many other publications. [...]
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