Category: Learning
Was the deadly Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin a mistake?
Re-published with permission from the author. Original Source: Washington Post. It has been one month since the deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., caught the attention of our entire ... Read More
The Hiker and the Climber – The Allegory of the Mountain
Fellow SoF Scholar Tom Peteet wrote about his encounter with a Muslim boy upon visiting a mosque in the Blue Mountains of Southern India. A question elicited an answer and a back and forth ensued betw... Read More
The Limitations of Free Speech – Part 1
For those of us working in the field of intercultural dialogue and understanding, it has been a frustrating few weeks. Just as you think progress is being made between communities, global events peg y... Read More
The little-known eleventh commandment: Get over yourself
The thing about diversity is that, if people are being intellectually honest, tensions will arise from time to time. The brochures that talk of rich learning opportunities don’t tell you that the ph... Read More
Yom Kippur Drash
This drash was given at Minyan Segulah in Washington, D.C. Shanah tovah. Yom Kippur is often characterized as being a day of great solemnity but also great joy. The Seder Avodah, which we will be reci... Read More
the Burning Place
Our first day in Varanasi, four of us went down to the Ganges to see the ghats (steps). As we meandered around, we came to the Burning Place. A priest who is in charge offered to take us around the gh... Read More
We Need to Talk About Islam
Given the recent attacks on American, British, and German embassies by Muslim extremists we are confronted by a serious claim. By reflecting on a Redditor's post about Islam in the midst of a supposed... Read More
The Beginning of Men
Article first published as The Beginning of Men on Blogcritics. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adap... Read More