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October 2020
Discover “Sacred Spaces”
In light of recent events where sacred spaces in a number of communities have been vandalized, the Rumi Forum feels it’s important to foster dialogue in an effort to preserve the spaces for the sacred functions for which they’re intended. They believe that as people become better educated about the significance of sacred spaces, that respect for them will increase. Join them for a discussion on the significance and importance of sacred spaces in various faith traditions. Visit the website…
Find out more »Election Eve 16th Street Candlelight Vigil for Hope, Justice and Peace
On the evening before the national election, join a standing vigil along 16th Street, NW from the White House to Silver Spring to shine a light for a just, peaceful, livable future for all. DC religious leaders invite people from all religious communities to join us. How to Participate: Meet the Adas community at 16th and Upshur south side.
Find out more »November 2020
Non-Partisan Prayer Vigil for Peace on Election Evening
The prayer vigil is hosted by the Clergy Emergency League Seminarians Chapter, an official chapter of the Clergy Emergency League. It is being co-organized by seminarians of various denominations, including two Master of Divinity Students at Wesley Theological Seminary, Trent Somes who made news in July after being attacked by militias and white supremacists for wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt in Gettysburg National Cemetery, and Rev. Lamika Weiss, Ministry Intern at Courts of Praise Christian Church. They invite you…
Find out more »Havdalah for Peace and Reconciliation
For zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vde-rrzoiHdSHHzWVA0CuTTB76K7Unrrz Using the framework of the Havdalah ritual, we will come together to diffuse the acrimony embedded in our country building bridges of healing, hope, and reconciliation. Speakers: U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin and Reverend Mansfield Kaseman “The rabbi asked his students: 'How can we determine the hour of dawn when the night ends and the day begins?' 'when you can look into the face of another human being and you have enough light in you to recognize your sister…
Find out more »Making America and the World Dance Again
Making America and the World Dance Again DiwaliDanceVideo CLICK Aditi Goel, a 20-year-old cancer survivor, and Sister Dr. Jenna have created a Diwali dance short film featuring people from around the world and all walks of life, including a choreographer to the stars and launches a global Diwali Dance Challenge. Washington, DC - On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST, Aditi Goel, Sister Jenna, and America Meditating Productions are launching an independent short film which…
Find out more »2020 Heschel Vision Experience
From Jews United for Justice: For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was both protest and prayer… Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying. — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1965 The work of racial and economic justice requires all of us- and the work itself is a sacred act. These words from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel are central to JUFJ’s work and they are a cornerstone of why we honor his memory…
Find out more »A Time to Embrace: A Ceremony Toward a National Healing and Reconciliation
A Time to Embrace A Ceremony Toward a National Healing and Reconciliation Time and Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020 8PM EST Using the framework of the Havdalah ritual (explained below*) at the end of the Jewish Sabbath, a diverse group of Americans will join together in a ceremony to separate from the divisiveness of the recent past in our country as well as to build bridges of healing, hope, and reconciliation. The program will include ritual and musical elements and…
Find out more »OK Boomer: A Discussion of Generational Differences and Their Impact on Contemporary Jewish and Muslim Communities
The Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society of Washington (JIDS) invites you to an event entitled "OK Boomer," and it will entail providing Millennials and Gen Zers the microphone. Members of those generations will serve as the panelists, and they will explain to the rest of us how their generations might take a different approach than their elders to religious congregational life, theology, politics, or other important topics. The event will be held on Sunday, November 22nd, from 7-9 p.m. It’s official title…
Find out more »December 2020
Rethinking United States and Vatican Diplomacy
From the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs: Over the past four years the Trump administration’s relationship with the Holy See has been fraught with tension, including a recent diplomatic rift between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top Vatican officials over relations with China. The incoming Biden administration offers the opportunity to reset the conversation and focus on the role of the Holy See as an independent nation with diplomatic relations all over the world. This…
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From the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs: United States policies towards refugees demand new approaches as the new administration plans to take office in January. The roles that religious institutions play both in historical practices of resettlement and in public attitudes towards global and national approaches to forced migration are important to a comprehensive understanding of the crisis of displaced persons. The Berkley Center is engaged in ongoing research and reflection on these grave challenges. This conversation will focus…
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