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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The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism: Interfaith Implications
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Eastern Religions, tagged Jay michaelson, Judaism and Buddhism, nondual Judaism on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Abrahamic Interfaith Dialogue that “Gets to the Point”
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Middle East, Religion in America, tagged Abrahamic Engagement, interfaith work, interreligious engagement, jewish christian dialogue, jewish muslim dialogue, jewish muslim relations, multifaith relations, Muslims in America; ISNA; on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An article in the New York Times today introduces the reader to three clergy- and to three friends- who are working to “increase interfaith understanding” not just through seeking out commonalities, but through respecting difference- even as they broach difficult issues, such as Israel.
18th Century German Drama Performed for a 21st Century Audience
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, tagged Abrahamic Engagement on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Renate recalls having to study “Nathan der Weise,” in her high school in Germany. Gotthold Lessing’s drama, set in 12th century Jerusalem, was considered part of the canon, what every well educated German in the late 20th century would know of their literary tradition.
When she heard that the People’s Light and Theater Company [...]
Coalition plans interfaith campus in Omaha
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Religion in America on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 24, 2009
Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, center, is flanked by the Very Rev. Ernesto Medina, left, and Shakil Ahmed at an interfaith meeting in 2008 at his Temple Israel in Omaha. (Tri-Faith Initiative)
–>NEW YORK (JTA) — An interfaith coalition in Nebraska is testing the viability of what is believed [...]
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