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 [...]
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Moshe Halbertal weighs in on Goldstone Report
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Middle East, tagged gaza, goldstone report, military ethics, moshe halbertal on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A leading Israeli scholar who helped write Israel’s Military Code of Ethics, Professor Moshe Halbertal, has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Goldstone Report. You can read about his views here.
The Goldstone Report has been a subject of conversation in interfaith gatherings between Jews and Christians and Jews and Muslims since it was [...]
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.
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood: What would Reinhold Niebuhr Say?
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Religion in America, tagged david brooks, fort hood, radical islam, reinhold niebuhr on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On November 10, David Brooks of The New York Times, weighed in on the Fort Hood tragedy with a column entitled “The Rush to Therapy.” As often, Brooks sounded some important themes that resonate with me and then, at the crucial moment, went wildly off track. In this piece, he makes the altogether helpful point that [...]
The Odd Couple: Jews and Evangelical Christians
Posted in Jewish-Christian Engagement, Religion in America on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies(Winter, 2009) is devoted to a symposium entitled, “Evangelical-Jewish Relations: Politics, Policy and Theology.” (unfortunately, this journal does not publish its articles on line, but you can purchase a copy from their website.)
As usual, the clearest and most helpful piece, in my view, was by the [...]
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