Interfaith
- 5781, Collaboration, Dissertation, Dissertation Diary, Elul, Faithfulness, Goals, Interfaith, New Year, Pandemic, Parsha, Ritual, Yiddish
Elul + Goalz
This year has been magnificent, stressful, eye-opening, life-changing, a whirlwind, a time for reflection, hopeful, frightening, confusing, illuminating, disappointing, and anything but normal. Although 5780’s not yet done, reflecting on the course…
- Christian, Cincinnati, Interfaith, Isaac Mayer Wise, Islam, Jewish, Muslim, Pipe Organ, Plum Street Temple, Reform Judaism, Social Justice, Synagogues, Temple, Text Study
The Temple is a Place for Responsibility/Action!
This semester’s interfaith text study ended with a session discussing social responsibility. My group talked a lot about the centrality of social action to each religion represented (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). We also…
- Bell Tower, Chapel, Charity, Christ Church Cathedral, Christian, Cincinnati, Columbarium, Contract, Downtown, History, Interfaith, Jewish, Ketubah, Love, Marriage, Muslim, Social Justice, Text Study
Belltowers & Columbariums
Sunday night I attended the second interfaith text study in a series of three sponsored by Xavier University’s Interfaith Center. The session was held at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Cincinnati, right by…
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, Chevrutah, Christian, Cincinnati, Interfaith, Islam, Islamic Center, Islamophobia, Jewish, Lifelong Learning, Mohammed, Muslim, Quran, Text Study, Thomas Aquinas, Xavier
Lifelong Learning + Islamophobia
This fall I have the terrific opportunity to participate in an interfaith text study between Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Led by a rabbinical student from Hebrew Union (one of my friends) and supported…
- Board of Governors, Cantor, Cincinnati, Education, Family, Finance, HUC, Interfaith, Jewish, Market Crash, Math, Music, NCSSM, New York, PhD, Professor, Religion, Second Temple Period, Triangle, WRRD
Integrating Chelsea into HUC
Last weekend I had the privilege of sharing with the school’s Board of Governors my story – who I am, my background, previous experience, how I got here, what it’s been like, and…
- Abraham, Bruce Feiler, Covenant, Hagar, Interfaith, Ishmael, Journey, Jubilees, Land, Lekh Lekha, Lot, Matriarchs, Melchizedek, Mishnah, Parsha, Patriarchs, Politics, Sarah, Torah
The Greatest Journey?
In the canon of parshot, this week’s Lekh Lekha is pretty high on the most famous list. Mention this portion, and many people, regardless of practice, observance, synagogue attendance, or other faith marker…