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February 2024
A Film Screening: Sevap/Mitzvah
JIDS is proud to join the Rumi Forum in presenting a dialogue featuring the film “Sevap/Mitzvah.” The event will take place from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13th, and will be hosted by the Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St., N.W., Washington, DC 20016. "Sevap/Mizvah" is a short but extremely moving dramatization of a Boznian Muslim woman who hid a Jewish family during the Holocaust and then was rescued by Jews during the war in Bosnia 52 years later. It…
Find out more »Interfaith ‘Pilgrimage for Peace’
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) will participate in a significant multi-faith initiative alongside faith leaders, activists, and artists as part of a “Pilgrimage for Peace.” This initiative aims to advocate for an immediate release of the hostages, an urgent ceasefire in Gaza, and unrestricted humanitarian aid, spanning from Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC, from February 14- 21, 2024. The Pilgrimage for Peace is scheduled to commence on Wednesday, February 14, starting with a…
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 »Scriptural Reasoning: “Revelation”
Join Rumi Forum for its monthly circle to study Abrahamic scriptures on the topic of “Revelation” with our study leader, Rev. Rebecca Messman, from Burke Presbyterian Church on February 22, 2024. Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is where Christians, Jews, and Muslims study each other’s sacred texts. SR participants meet monthly to read short passages from their respective scriptures on a topic. Facilitated by a study leader, each session is an opportunity to listen and share various perspectives. SR sessions help participants…
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 »ArtBuild and Neighborhood Canvass
Join your DC Poor People's Campaign friends to make signs and banners for the March 2nd Assembly. We'll have all the supplies. Bring your energy and ideas. After the ArtBuild, you're welcome to join for a neighborhood canvass. To RSVP, click here.
Find out more »February World Alliance of Religions Peace (WARP) Discussion “Disasters and Tragedies in the Scriptures”
Alliance of Religions, DC Branch, would like to invite you to participate in the February World Alliance of Religions Peace (WARP) Office at the Manassas Masjid on February 24th at 2pm. The discussion topic will be Disasters and Tragedies in the Scriptures. This presentation will serve as a platform for religious harmony that brings together high-profile speakers from various religions to increase tolerance and understanding through a deep study of other faiths and their texts. This unique opportunity brings together religious leaders and communities in the…
Find out more »Peace Walk – John Wesley AMEZ & 3rd District Police Department
Join Rev. Zacharias & the John Wesley AMEZ community as they partner with the 3rd District Police Department for a peace walk through the neighborhood to end gun violence.
Find out more »Bishop William J. Barber, II Teach-In
Fresh off of his tour with NC PPC driving out low-wage voters in Charlotte, Hickory, and Asheville, culminating with a press conference in front of the Raleigh General Assembly this past Tuesday, Bishop Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II will join Washington DC Poor People's Campaign (PPC) as they prepare for the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assemblies & on to the Polls on March 2. Please come & hear about the program that has been designed especially for…
Find out more »Harnessing our Collective Strength through Interreligious Literacy
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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