Our rabbinical college, RRC, launched a new website this week, MostJewish.com. In addition to a light hearted game exploring Jewish identity, the website also includes a blog with room for more probing explorations. The editor of the blog, Rabbi Deborah Glanzberg-Krainin, launched the conversation with a post on being a Jew at Christmas. A wonderful [...]
Archive for 2010
THIS I BELIEVE
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I was able to share a 500 word statement of my beliefs on local public radio, WHYY in Philadelphia. The audio is available here and the text here. Thanks for your comments!
Willow Wilson speaks at RRC Multifaith Salon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conversion, interreligious engagement, memior, multifaith relations, muslim, spirituality, The Butterfly Mosque, Willow Wilson on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, October 8, we welcomed author Willow Wilson to our Mutlifaith Salon. Wilson read from her new book, The Butterfly Mosque, a spiritual memoir that chronicles her conversion to Islam and her subsequent marriage to a young Egyptian from a traditional Muslim family. Our salon participants included students and professors from colleges such as [...]
Law Professors Pledge to Contribute $18,000 to Park51
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My husband recently joined a group of American law professors who are responding to the Park51 controversy by “putting their money where their principles are.” Rather than just issue a statement, the three law professors who organized this initiative decided to raise funds to show their support for the endeavor. Amazingly, a letter of support [...]
SEPTEMBER 11, 2010: RESOURCES FOR A TIME FOR TURNING
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, Abrahamic Engagement, American Muslims, ground zero mosque, interfaith work, Islamophobia, jews and muslims, lslam, Park51 on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Everything I need to know about Islam, I learned on September 11th, 2001.” Many of us would disagree. In fact, what we have learned in the years since that day is the opposite. That everything we need to know about Islam we did NOT learn on September 11th, 2001. The proposal for the “Mosque at [...]
Proposed Muslim Community Center near Ground Zero: Let’s Have the Right Conversation!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daisy kahn, feisal abdul rauf, ground zero mosque, muslim community center on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over the weekend, I posted an opinion piece on Huffington Post about the controversy surrounding “Cordoba House,” the proposed community center and mosque to be built in lower Manhattan.You can read it here. Over 300 people have taken the time to post comments, and I am sorry to report that much of the conversation is [...]
Educating Leaders for a Multi-Religious World
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, tagged andover newton seminary, diana eck, hebrew college rabbinical school, interfaith education, Multifaith Education, muslim american leadership, religious hybridity on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a wonderful conference, “Educating Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Leaders for Service in a Multi-Religious World: The American Seminary Context.” The college was hosted by Andover Newton Theological School, Boston Theological Institute, and Hebrew College. To read an overview of the conference written by Joshua Stanton, editor of [...]
