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December 2023
Sharing Sacred Spaces Site Visit: Majid Muhammad, the Nation’s Mosque
Sunday, December 3rd, from 3:00pm-5:30pm Masjid Muhammad is participating in an interreligious effort to build understanding and solidarity across differences. Even in this time of heightened bias and polarization, gathering and sharing our mutual humanity seeds hope. During the visit participants will learn the story and heart of our religion and its practices, witness a ritual, hear from members about their spiritual journey, walk the space, break bread together, and join in dialogue. We want your curiosity and your questions, and hope…
Find out more »Just Rest: How Rest Can Transform Our Selves and Our Society
As the days get shorter and nights get longer, we often think of getting cozy, snuggling up, and hibernating, but we may not consider all the ways in which sleep and rest are vital not only for our bodies, but for our mental and spiritual health, and our work for justice, equity, and inclusion. Join DoSER for the 2023 December Dialogues – “Just Rest: How Rest Can Transform Our Selves and Our Society.” Panelists Dom Chatterjee (Rest for Resistance), Dayna Johnson (Rollins…
Find out more »January 2024
Can We Chat? Navigating Conversations During the Israel-Hamas War
Jewish teens today are struggling with how to engage in conversation about the Israel-Hamas war. Join the JCRC at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda on Sunday, January 7th at 6 P.M. for an opportunity to understand the historical context of the war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, gain the knowledge to address common questions and walk away with the ability to confront disinformation. Open to all 9-12th graders. Dinner will be served. An additional in-person session will be held on Sunday, January 21…
Find out more »Virtual Dialogue to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Join Communities United Against Hate for a series of events addressing hate & discrimination in Montgomery County. As a follow-on to our event on antisemitism in mid-October, CUAH is hosting a virtual dialog on Wednesday, January 10th at 7 - 8:30pm to combat Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry in our schools and community. Please join us to learn what more we can do together to address these challenges. The workshop will include three sequential panels: Session 1: What is Islamophobia and…
Find out more »January Conversation Club and Shabbat Dinner
We welcome you to join Abrahamic House DC for our January Shabbat Conversation Club - where we gather for a meal to discuss issues that matter. This month, we will be discussing capital punishment. The death penalty has long been a subject of intense debate, raising ethical, moral, and legal questions. Our conversation club aims to provide a space for individuals with diverse perspectives to come together, share their thoughts, and engage in a respectful and open dialogue. Our…
Find out more »February 2024
Spirituality and Well-Being: Exploring the Connection
Sunday, February 4, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Webinar In a continuation of the Oneness of Humanity Series, Tysons Interfaith is honored to partner with George Mason University for this interactive webinar that will explore questions such as: what does spirituality mean to you? To register, visit: https://tysonsinterfaith.org/iwe-event/spirituality-well-being/.
Find out more »Partnering for Peace in Israel and Palestine
As heightened violence grips Israel and Palestine, vastly different experiences and perspectives make conversations to support an end to the bloodshed charged and difficult. In a reality marked by despair, polarization, and dehumanization, Combatants for Peace (CfP) provides a model for hope, humanity, and another way. CfP is an organization built by former combatants who laid down their weapons and joined forces to nonviolently resist the occupation and co-create a future of peace and collective liberation. Join Combatants for Peace's…
Find out more »Site Visit to Temple Rodef Shalom
Join Rumi Forum and Sharing Sacred Spaces in visiting the largest Jewish congregation in Virginia, Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA. This interfaith visit will have representatives from six different religious communities present to explore this sacred space and build understanding and unity across faiths. These congregations are participating in an interreligious effort to build understanding and solidarity across differences. Even in this time of heightened bias and polarization, gathering and sharing our mutual humanity seeds hope. Our friends…
Find out more »Finding Light in the Darkness – Interfaith Conversation
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights invites you to an interfaith conversation co-hosted with Hyattsville Mennonite Church. Join as we hear from panelists of different faiths reflecting on how their faith offers them light in the darkness, how it leads them to hope even when times are difficult, and how it calls them to be sources of light to others in dark times. How are we similar, despite (or because of?) our different faith journeys? How do we…
Find out more »Interreligious literacy can be a means to promote greater religious understanding and appreciation in the context of our pluralistic democracy. Ideally, by learning about and engaging with the diverse traditions that make up our society, we learn to respect one another, thereby reducing fear, prejudice, discrimination and misunderstanding. In doing so, we may also enhance our own ethical worldview and advance social cohesion. Social sectors like Health Care, Education, Law Enforcement, Social Action and Chaplaincy bring people together from…
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