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November 2022
How Can Faith Communities Support the Civic Capacity of Children?
As we enter the giving season, how can we make giving more meaningful for children? As faith communities, we try to teach children to look out for the needs of others, to empathize, to share what they have, to do what they can to make the world a better place for all people. But do our kids really know that they matter to their community? Our current practices of engaging kids in community are often outdated and unevenly focused on…
Find out more »Scriptural Reasoning: “Leadership”
Join the Rumi Forum for this month's Scriptural Reasoning session on Leadership: The Making of a Leader! The session will be led by Hurunnessa Fariad, Director of Outreach at Multifaith Neighbors Network. Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a practice where Christians, Jews, and Muslims study each other’s sacred texts. SR participants meet once a month to read short passages from their respective scriptures on a certain topic. Facilitated by a study leader, each session is an opportunity to listen and share…
Find out more »Our Values: In Theory and In Practice
Join the Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society for a two-part session on Jewish and Muslim values, comparing and contrasting the religious and moral ideals as written versus the nuance and variety in their manifestation. The dialogue will consider questions such as, what are our values in theory, and how do we tend to behave in practice where the rubber meets the road? In what ways have our ideals uplifted us? And how have they tended to give way to alternative, less-elevated choices? …
Find out more »January 2023
Our Values: In Theory and In Practice
As part of JIDS continued effort to “keep it real,” we’ll talk about the Islamic values as they are supposed to be (i.e., when taught in theory). And we’ll present how these values are often stressed in the real world to the point where we tend to practice very different values when the rubber meets the road. kid
Find out more »February 2023
April 2023
Infinite Sanctum: An Immersive Art Experience
A site-specific immersive exhibition allowing guests to explore their (a)theism in community while engaging all five senses at different exhibits, in an amazing historical building on the campus of Virginia Theological Seminary. Guests can expect to experience sitting in total darkness in one exhibit, look inside of themselves in another, and ponder death in another. Program includes an artist talk and interfaith dialogue. Refreshments will be served. Sun, April 30 @3-5 PM Virginia Theological Seminary Bicentennial Hall 3612 Bishop Walker Cir…
Find out more »June 2023
An Abrahamic Dialogue: What’s So Abrahamic About it?
In preparation for Eid al Adha, a Muslim festival that commemorates the sacrifice of Abraham, we will take a moment to reflect on the various narrations of Abraham’s sacrifice as recounted in the scriptures of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Each of these religions recounts and interprets Abraham's sacrifices in different ways, which helps define our understanding of our own faith identities and our interfaith interactions. Please join us, in conjunction with OneTable, for a Shabbat dinner and the latest installment…
Find out more »August 2023
Scriptural Reasoning: “Non-Violent Responses to Hatred”
Rumi Forum presents: Scriptural Reasoning "Non-Violent Responses to Hatred" with Rev. Dr. David Milam Click here to learn more. Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 6:30 pm at the Virginia Theological Seminary
Find out more »October 2023
Faith and Political Polarization
You don’t have to be a DC politics junkie to see the effect political polarization is having on our society, and this is a topic JIDS has tackled before. But on Oct. 29th, we’ll look at the topic through a different prism, that of faith. Just what roles does faith play as to the political and cultural schisms that mar our society? Is it a cause of the problem? Or is it a potential antidote? And most importantly, what can…
Find out more »November 2023
On Sunday, Nov. 12th at 2:00 p.m, JIDS will sponsor a dialogue entitled “Faith and the Supreme Court,” which will examine the religious protections of the First Amendment through the lens of the Supreme Court. We will be meeting at the perfect venue -- the Hill Havurah congregation, which is located a half-block from the Supreme Court building, at 212 E. Capitol St., N.E., Washington DC 20003. This event will begin with a talk by Mark Sherman, the eminent Associated Press…
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