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Elijah Interfaith
Summer School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar

August 5th-16th, 2018

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.
Praying Together in Jerusalem
Thursday, 31sr August at 18:30, Jaffa Gate

Location

Dormition Abbey at Zion Gate, Jerusalem
peta@elijah-interfaith.org

Time to Seminar:

Speakers

Week 1, July 23rd- 28th

Sharing Wisdom”: a seminar on how “Wisdom” is understood in six religious traditions and why and how it is shared with those from other faiths. What are the benefits and the dangers of sharing Wisdom? How can sharing Wisdom can help us experience the oneness of humanity and creation?

 

Week 2, July 31st - August 3rd

“Sharing Wisdom”: a training workshop for emerging religious and community leaders, with an emphasis on healing painful memories and building models of sharing Wisdom which respond to past divisions and answer contemporary challenges.

Program

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Day 1
23 Jul 2017
Day 2
24 Jul 2017
Day 3
25 Jul 2017
Day 4
26 Jul 2017
Day 5
27 Jul 2017
Day 6
28 Jul 2017
Day 7
30 Jul 2017
Day 8
31 Jul 2017
Day 9
01 Aug 2017
Day 10
02 Aug 2017
Day 11
03 Aug 2017
14:00 - 15:30
Sisters of Sion
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach

Welcome and Introductions

What is “Wisdom” to me.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
16:00 - 18:00
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Lecture

Lecture: Why we have chosen “Sharing Wisdom” as our theme and what we mean by it.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Text-study – Group Work

What is “Wisdom” (in 6 religious traditions)
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Fr Frederic Manns
Mohammed Dajani
Ruben Habito
Meir Sendor

Panel

The Power of Sharing Wisdom
Mohammed Dajani
Ruben Habito
Meir Sendor
14:00 - 15:30
Meir Sendor

Text-study – Presentation

Oneness in Diversity: “Wisdom” in the Jewish tradition
Meir Sendor
16:00 - 17:00
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Lecture / Discussion

Prayer and Ritual as a Way of Sharing Wisdom and Affirming Unity
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
18:00 - 20:30
Br Nikodemus

Prayer

Vespers at Dormition followed by meeting with the monks
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Text-study – Group Work

Who is wise (in 6 religious traditions)
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach

Case study 1

Two wise men share wisdom and find friendship – Gandhi and Andrews
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
14:00 - 16:00
Peta Jones Pellach

Bibliodrama – Case Study 2

Rav Kook
Peta Jones Pellach
16:30 - 18:30
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein

Site Visit

Rav Kook House (at 17:00)
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Text-study – Group Work

How is wisdom acquired (in 6 religious traditions)
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Professor from al-Quds University

Presentation

Oneness in Diversity: “Wisdom” in the Muslim tradition
14:00 - 15:30
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Lecture

What is Religious Genius
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
16:30 - 18:00
Douglas E. Christie
Meir Sendor
Prof. Timothy Gianotti

Panel

Religious Genius and Sharing Wisdom
Meir Sendor
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Text-study – Group Work

How is wisdom shared responsibly (in 6 religious traditions)
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Professor from al-Quds University
Fr David Neuhaus

Panel Discussion

CAN WE SHARE WISDOM RESPONSIBLY IN WHEN THERE IS AN IMBALANCE OF POWER? Can interreligious dialogue ignore political realities?
14:00 - 16:00
TBA

Presentation

Oneness in Diversity: “Wisdom” in the Christian tradition
TBA
16:30 - 18:30
Members of PTIJ
Eliyahu McLean
Fr. Russ McDougall

Panel Presentation

SIDE-BY-SIDE PRAYER AS AN AFFIRMATION OF ONENESS
Fr. Russ McDougall
19:00 - 19:45

Prayer

Praying Together in Jerusalem
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach

Discussion

DOES SIDE-BY-SIDE PRAYER REINFORCE A SENSE OF ONENESS?
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach

Lecture and Text-Study

Introduction to Shabbat
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
14:45 - 16:15
Dr Anantanand Rambachan

Lecture

Oneness in Diversity: “Wisdom” in the Hindu tradition
Dr Anantanand Rambachan

Excursion to the Galil

09:00 - 09:30

Prayers/ Meditation/ Introductions

Include brief discussion of the significance of Magdala
09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Methodology

The Dialogue Decalogue and other best practices
Peta Jones Pellach
11:20 - 12:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Discussion – “Religious Genius Case Study 1 – text study and bibliodrama” memories in the quest for oneness

Gregory the Theologian
Peta Jones Pellach
14:30 - 16:00
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Teaching/ Lecture

Introduction to Tisha B’Av: Memory and Hope
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
10:00
Peta Jones Pellach

Excursion

Meet at Har Herzl Light Rail Station
Peta Jones Pellach
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
TBA

Religious Genius Case Study 2 – text study and bibliodrama

Al-Ghazali
TBA
11:30 - 13:30
Dr Debbie Weissman
Dr Alick Isaacs

Methodology

Best practice in Building Understanding
Dr Alick Isaacs
14:00 - 15:30
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Religious Genius Case Study 3 – text study

Rav Nahman
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
15:45 - 18:15
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Teaching/ Lecture

On borrowing and inspiration
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
09:00 - 09:20

Prayers/ Meditation

09:20 - 10:50
Peta Jones Pellach

Text study

Amma
Peta Jones Pellach
11:20 - 12:50
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Teaching/ Lecture

Thematic Studies: Love through the prism of Religious Genius
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
14:00

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July 23rd – 28th

Jerusalem

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July 23rd – August 3rd

Jerusalem

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