Each year, the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) hosts an interfaith retreat designed and carried out by its student fellows. This year, as we began to plan our interfaith retreat, the ot...Read More
This February 23rd and 24th, the student fellows of Hebrew College’s Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) offered a retreat to local college students entitled, “Religion at the Dinner Ta...Read More
When I arrived at Brown for the 2018 fall semester, it had been eleven years since I had sat in a classroom. My reintroduction to a learning environment took place during orientation, when the roughly...Read More
So last Sunday, I’m sitting in our main campus chapel, live-streaming a contemporary Christian service on my cell phone. A young, charismatic black preacher exhorts the congregation to “fight from...Read More
The excitement, preparation, and unique family traditions that accompany religious holidays are seen across every religious and spiritual tradition. I know firsthand how easy it is to become so excite...Read More
This post is part of my ongoing project ‘Talking with God’, focused on the religious practices and beliefs of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Names have been changed to protect their privacy, and al...Read More
In this podcast, Méli Solomon, Master of Jewish Liberal Studies candidate at Hebrew College, interviews four religious leaders about the questions and challenges of interreligious dialogue, inclusivi...Read More
If you Google “interfaith,” a number of results for the Boston area will appear. On the first page, you will likely find the websites of organizations that operate food banks, offer financial assi...Read More
In the last four months, I have been participating in the Boston Bridges Fellowship Program for interreligious dialogue. My experience with my dialogue partners from other religious and nonreligious t...Read More
The Boston Bridges Fellows program is a unique and encouraging opportunity for emerging faith leaders and advocates to collaborate and share life experiences in a safe and authentic environment. This ...Read More