Tag: Dialogue
The Israel I feared
With each person he found to daven (pray), my heart sank a little bit. Each time he passed by my husband and me without asking us to join, I felt a little sad, a little frustrated, and totally invisib... Read More
Zen and the Art of Bicycle Commuting
I started bicycle commuting for my health. I quickly realized that biking around in the city of Boston is a huge threat to my health. I live in the quaint flowery suburb of Jamaica Plain. I bike to my... Read More
Jews and Muslims in America: More in Common than We Think
Contrary to common assumptions, many Jewish and Muslim Americans enjoy warm relations. Yet we are only beginning to understand how and why this is so. A Gallup report released last week goes a long wa... Read More
We Will Not Save What We Do Not Love
Last week when I saw this article about nearly 1/3 of the Chesapeake Bay being a “dead zone” this year, it felt like someone punched me in the gut. I made some kind of audible groaning sound and r... Read More
Interfaith Tips: Telling Our Stories
Engaging in interfaith work takes everyday religious pluralism to a whole other level. For this work, there is no roadmap, no graduate certification programs, no experts; there are just individual peo... Read More
The Need for and Importance of Dialogue of Life in Community Building: The Case of Selected West African Nations
This paper discusses dialogue of life under five main thematic areas. After a definition of dialogue of life the paper goes on to discuss dialogue of life in general, the need for dialogue of life, th... Read More
‘History Centrism’: A Challenge to Abrahamic Faiths
It was a moment of crisis for Yeminite Jews. They were being persecuted by extremists of the Zaidi branch of Shiite Islam and forced to convert — with the explicit threat of death if they refuse... Read More
“The Audacity of Hope”
Do we dare have the audacity to hope for change in our very conflicted world? To create change? To make change? To expect change? To allow change? Yes, I believe we do. The Gaza bound flotilla from th... Read More