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November 2019
Screening of First Person Plural
First Person Plural is a new independent feature film about two Minneapolis filmmakers—the son of a Somali imam and daughter of white Baptist preacher who fall in love on Thanksgiving Day and bring together their estranged families. While First Person Plural is largely a love story that shows how much they have in common, it ends with a cautionary twist, as a younger brother’s bumbling threats escalate into something real and dangerous. The older siblings’ love shows how love…
Find out more »Stump the Deaf Rabbi
You know how some people just have an answer for everything? See if you can throw your burning questions about life, ethics, current events, religion, or anything else at our special guest, Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff! Perhaps you can get him to say, "Wow, good question -- I don't know!" Can G-d create something so heavy he can't lift it? Can Jewish vampires drink blood? Can we use phones on Shabbat? From the simple curiosity to the outlandish questions, Rabbi Soudakoff…
Find out more »Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society of Washington Activity Planning and Brainstorming Session
Welcome to the Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society of Washington JIDS will have an activity planning brainstorming session that is open to the entire community. The meeting will be at a home in Bethesda. For more information about the venue, please e-mail [email protected].
Find out more »December 2019
6th Annual DC Summit of Imams, Rabbis, and Leadership Colleagues
Grappling with Current Affairs, Studying Ancient Texts, and Building Active Partnerships for the Future? This year, for the first time, the keynote activity shall involve Text Study, which will be centered around the figure of Abraham/Ibrahim. We will also engage in discussions concerning how we’re responding to social issues and how we can build active partnerships for the future. It promises to be a productive and fulfilling afternoon, both intellectually and in terms of helping us work together going forward.
Find out more »Muslim-Christian Dialogue Group
Join us for an evening of dialogue, led by Rabia Uddin and Becca Pugh (PCI staff member). We're excited to host an evening of dialogue for Muslim and Christian community members to explore questions of what brings us together, what differences we have, and how we can better respect and understand each other's differences. Are there any commonalities that exist as we seek to live out our unique faiths in a genuine way within American culture and society? We'll explore…
Find out more »Peacemaking Dialogue as a Living Practice: A Conversation with Dr. Susan Allen
Peacemaking dialogue requires taking a risk. We engage in dialogue because we don’t know everything. We need one another to learn other perspectives and insights. There is a risk we might change our mind in dialogue. Dialogue for peacemaking assumes that this risk is at the very heart of the work…a process of engaging with people as whole human beings and respecting differences and commonalities. Scholar-practitioner Dr. Susan Allen will explore peacemaking dialogue as it is practiced internationally and locally.…
Find out more »February 2020
The Diversity Dinner is a community potluck designed to bring people of all backgrounds together to connect, talk about things they care about, and exchange ideas with each other over a shared meal. Please bring family, friends, and a dish to share with others. Please rsvp to Carmen Hernandez at [email protected]
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