Text Study
- Ancestors, Bereshit, Blessing, Brothers, Culture, Egypt, Genealogy, Generations, Israel, Jacob, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Oath, Parsha, Shemot, Text Study, Textual Criticism, Torah, Vayechi
The End of the Beginning
The end of Bereshit – an accomplishment that feels markedly set within each year of Torah engagement. We have traipsed through our creation stories, begun to wrestle with our relationship to G!d (and…
- 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…