Rabbi Goldie Milgram, a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, has been helping out at the Won Institute, just around the corner from RRC in suburban Philadelphia. Several years ago, the dean of the school called our Department of Multifaith Studies seeking a professor who could teach homiletics to her seminary students, Koreans newly arrived [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Progressive Jews Studying Traditional Texts: But Why?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s ReligionDispatches carries an article by Professor Aryeh Cohen of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University. Cohen does a great job of showing that there is, indeed, a sea change in the Jewish world in the relationship between traditional text study and progressive politics. My experience in American Jewish communities, dating [...]
Young American Muslims Tell Their Story on YouTube
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Religion in America, tagged American Muslims, Kareem Salama, Center for American Progress on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I came across two videos on YouTube, each designed to let young American Muslims have their chance to tell their truths—to present images different from the ones that too often fill the popular imagination. Are these videos needed? According to a Gallup Center for Muslim Studies report released in February, indeed they are. More [...]
What’s the big deal?
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America, tagged jewish muslim dialogue on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this article, Ira Rivkin raises an interesting question. The New York Times wants us to see the story of the friendship of two Princeton undergrads–a Palestinian and a Jew–as a big deal, worthy of a news item. But, Rivkin points out, doesn’t that just perpetuate the stereotype of emnity the story purports to challenge? [...]
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