Elijah Interfaith
Summer School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar
"Sharing Wisdom: The Quest for One-ness"
Week 1: July 23 - 28, 2017
Week 2: July 31 - August 3, 2017
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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Praying Together in Jerusalem
Thursday, 29th June at 18:45, Jaffa Gate
Thursday, 29th June at 18:45, Jaffa Gate
Location
Ecce Homo
Via Dolorosa 41, Jerusalem
peta@elijah-interfaith.org
Time to Seminar:
29Days
6Hours
52Mins
35Secs
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.
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
Day 11
23 Jul 2017
Day 12
24 Jul 2017
Day 13
25 Jul 2017
Day 14
26 Jul 2017
Day 15
27 Jul 2017
Day 16
28 Jul 2017
Day 17
30 Jul 2017
Day 18
31 Jul 2017
Day 19
01 Aug 2017
Day 20
02 Aug 2017
Day 21
03 Aug 2017
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
Welcome and Introductions
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
16:00 - 18:00
Lecture: Why we have chosen Sharing Wisdom
Lecture: Why we have chosen Sharing Wisdom as our theme and what we mean by it.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Text-study – What is Wisdom
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Panel: The Power of Sharing Wisdom
Ruben Habito
Meir Sendor
14:00 - 15:30
Text study – Sharing Wisdom
Text study – Sharing Wisdom – Oneness in Diversity
Meir Sendor
Peta Jones Pellach
15:30 - 16:30
Lecture – Prayer and Ritual
Lecture – Prayer and Ritual as a Way of Sharing Wisdom and Affirming Unity
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
17:00 - 19:30
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Text-study – Who is Wise
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 16:00
Bibliodrama: Rav Kook
Peta Jones Pellach
16:30 - 18:30
Visit to Rav Kook House
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Text-study: How is Wisdom Acquired
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Text-study: Why Share Wisdom
Peta Jones Pellach
13:00 - 14:30
15:30 - 17:00
Text-study: Why we Need to Learn from Others
Peta Jones Pellach
17:00 - 18:00
Reflections
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Text-study: How is Wisdom Shared Responsibly
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 12:30
Panel/ Debate: Can we share wisdom responsibly in when there is an imbalance of power?
Can interreligious dialogue ignore political realities?
TBA
14:00 - 16:00
Bibliodrama
Peta Jones Pellach
16:30 - 18:30
19:00 - 19:45
08:30 - 09:00
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 11:00
Text-study: Contending with Memories that divide
Peta Jones Pellach
14:30 - 16:00
16:30 - 18:00
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Text-study
Peta Jones Pellach
11:00 - 13:00
Bibliodrama
Peta Jones Pellach
14:30 - 15:40
16:00 - 17:30
18:00 - 19:00
It is possible to register without payment. Please choose the full payment option if you plan to pay later or to request a discount or group price.
Registration
Weeks 1 and 2 for Ulpan students
80.00 USD
Afternoon program only for Ulpan students. Weeks one and two.
You are booking for : Weeks 1 and 2 for Ulpan students
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
You are booking for : Weeks 1 and 2: Discounted
Week 1 Only: Discounted
100.00 USD
Full time students in Israeli institutions
You are booking for : Week 1 Only: Discounted
Weeks 1 and 2
500.00 USD
July 23rd – August 3rd
Jerusalem
