Tag: Interreligious Dialogue
Intercultural dialogue as a necessary prelude to interfaith dialogue
Religions and cultures cannot fall into the trap set for them by hegemonic powers. They cannot continue to be sources of conflict among themselves or to legitimize the misleading clash of interests of the...
“What can I do?” bringing together Jewish and Muslim moms
Through a Jewish/Muslim playgroup, my sister Beth has found an answer to a question many of us ask ourselves these days when we learn of incidents of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: “What can I do?”
Beth...
Bodily Fluid Project Unites Muslims and Jews
In a project melding interfaith dialogue and feminist theory, a Toronto gallery brought together Jewish and Muslim women to study sacred texts.
Guided by Toronto artist Rochelle Rubenstein, the women created scrolls that meshed ancient...
8 Moments of Muslim-Jewish Solidarity That Will Give You Hope
2017 has been such a trying year already for religious and ethnic minorities in America, especially given the spike in hate crimes against marginalized groups, JCC bomb threats, scary deportations of immigrants, and a...
SZ: Where Israeli and Arab doctors are working together to save lives
In an intensive care ward in Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, a three-month-old Arab baby boy is struggling for his life in a room next to a young Israeli girl who is also receiving...