Elijah Interfaith
Summer School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar
Week 1: July 31 - August 5, 2016
Week 2: August 8 - 11, 2016
Jerusalem
Our unique combination of academic learning, shared spiritual experience and community-building, bringing together scholars, religious leaders and interfaith activists from around the world, prepares participants for dialogue at the highest level.
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Location
Swedish Theological Institute
58 Rehov HaNeviim, Jerusalem
053-5251587peta@elijah-interfaith.org
Time to Seminar:
Week 1, July 31st- August 5th
Religious Leadership”: a seminar on the qualities and challenges of religious leadership today, examining the belief systems and practices of exemplary leaders from five religious traditions.
Week 2, August 8th-11th:
“Religious Leadership”: a training workshop for emerging religious leaders exploring new models to answer contemporary challenges.
Day 1
31 Jul 2016
Day 2
01 Aug 2016
Day 3
02 Aug 2016
Day 4
03 Aug 2016
Day 5
04 Aug 2016
Day 6
05 Aug 2016
Day 7
08 Aug 2016
Day 8
09 Aug 2016
Day 9
10 Aug 2016
Day 10
11 Aug 2016
The Meaning of “Leadership”
13:30 - 15:00
WELCOME: Introductions to each other and to the site
“Who are the Religious Leaders we Admire? What are their Qualities?”
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
15:00 - 16:30
Case study 1: The Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader the Tibetan people and a member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders. He carries on a... Read More
Vanessa Rebecca Sasson
17:00 - 18:00
Introduction to chevruta method
Text Study 1: Buddhist views on qualities of leadership.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
18:00 - 19:00
Group Discussion
How does the Dalai Lama personify qualities of leadership?
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
Leadership and Community Building
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:30
10:30 – 12:30
14:30 - 15:30
16:00 – 17:00
Visit to Dormition Abbey
Meeting with Fr Gregory and participation in Vespers.
Members of the Benedictine Community
Religious Leadership responds Secular (political) Challenges
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:30
11:00 – 12:30
Personal testimony 1:
Muslim ideals of leadership – how do they stand up to contemporary challenges?
Qadi Muhammad Abu Obied
16:00 - 17:30
Personal testimony 2:
On being a Muslim religious leader -facing the challenges of today.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
17:30 - 19:00
Case study 3:
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks – responding to the challenges of Jewish leadership today.
Rabbi Gideon Sylvester
Religious Leadership and Social Responsibility and Activism
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:30
Case study 4:
On being a Hindu religious leader – Sudhamani Mata Amritananda, (Amma). Amma is known all over the world today and has inspired and started innumerable humanitarian services. She is a... Read More
Dr. Amanda J. Lucia
11:00 – 12:30
Lecture:
Introduction to the concept of “Religious Genius”. Amma as a Religious Genius.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Theoretical studies:
(i) The challenges for Hindu leadership today. Lecture. (ii) Hindu models of leadership.
Dr Anantanand Rambachan
16:00 - 18:00
Bibliodrama: Hindu Leadership
Case study 5: The life of Mahatma Gandhi (followed by optional visit to the Kotel).
Peta Jones Pellach
How to Lead: Balancing Leadership and Humility
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 11:00
Personal testimony 3:
On being a Christian religious leader -facing the challenges of today. Pope Francis.
Bishop William Shomali
11:10 - 12:30
Personal testimony 4:
On being a Jewish religious leader – facing the challenges of today.
Rabbi Menachem HaCohen
14:00 - 16:00
Visit to Rav Kook House
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Tz’l (1865-1935) is the most significant Jewish religious figure in modern times.
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein
Religious Leadership and HOPE for the future
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Review and Evaluation of the week
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
14:00 - 15:30
A vision of HOPE (including HOPE Network)
A new role for world religious leaders. Preparing for the week(s) to come.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:30
11:00 - 12:30
Airing Questions from Chevruta (Part 1)
Moderated group discussion – the link between Crisis of the Holy and Leadership – the challenges for leadership today.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
15:00 - 16:30
Airing Questions from Chevruta (Part 2)
Moderated group discussion – the link between Crisis of the Holy and Leadership – the challenges for leadership today.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
17:00 - 19:00
Meeting with key players in interfaith in Jerusalem/ the Holy Land
Yehuda Stolov
Fr. Russ McDougall
Peta Jones Pellach
8:30 - 9:00
09:00 - 10:30
Jigsaw exercise: Prayer in different traditions
Similarities & differences. What this teaches re the challenge of side-by-side prayer.
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 – 12:30
Review of idea of Religious Genius
Review of idea of “Religious Genius,” both as a lens for viewing Leadership and as content/ method for building a network and sharing wisdom.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
15:00 - 16:30
The global interfaith dialogue scene and Elijah’s place in it
Peta Jones Pellach
17:00 - 19:00
8:30 - 9:00
09:00 - 10:30
Jigsaw Exercise
Jigsaw – studies on Compassion, Peace, Love from across traditions.
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Methodological Training
Possibilities and Perils of Using Religious Texts in Peace-making.
Dr. Miriam Feldmann Kaye
15:00 - 16:30
The “Crisis of the Holy” we Face (Part 1)
Discussion: The “crisis of the holy” we face. Identifying issues.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
17:00 - 19:00
The “Crisis of the Holy” we Face (Part 2)
Discussion: The “crisis of the holy” we face. Will sharing wisdom, prayer, joint activity help us cope with our local challenges?
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
8:30 - 9:00
09:00 - 10:30
Methodological Training
Methodological training (cont.) More techniques to improve facilitation and text-teaching skills.
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
What Next?
What next? Working through each participant’s next steps. Creating a Network – hub to periphery.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
13:00
FINAL LUNCH:
Sharing wisdom
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Registration
Single session pass
10.00 USD
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One Day Pass
30.00 USD
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Weeks 1 and 2: Discounted
160.00 USD
Full time students in Israeli institutions
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Week 1 Only: Discounted
100.00 USD
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Weeks 1 and 2
500.00 USD
July 31st – August 11th
Jerusalem
