Archive 2019
Program 2019Day 1
04 Aug 2019
Welcome & Intros.
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
15:30
Day 2
05 Aug 2019
Text study on Friendship in Sikhism
Peta Jones Pellach
Interview: Friendship in Sikhism
Dr Eleanor Nesbitt
11:00
14:00
Excursion (cont)
Return to Mt Zion, stopping at war cemetery and grave of Oscar Schindler
Peta Jones Pellach
Discussion: Expressions of friendship
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
16:30
Day 3
06 Aug 2019
9:20
10:30
14:00
Meeting with Qadi Mohammad Abu Obeid
Qadi Muhammad Abu Obied
Day 4
07 Aug 2019
9:20
Interview: Friendship in Christianity
Prof David Ford
Text Study: Friendship in Christianity
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Site visit – Ecce Homo
The mission of the Sisters of Sion
17:10
Site Visit Church of the Holy Sepulchre
friendships between us
Day 5
08 Aug 2019
Text study – Friendship in Judaism
Peta Jones Pellach
Site Visit – Rav Kook House
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein
13:45
15:30
17:00 - 19:00
Interfaith activists and peace-makers in Jerusalem
Yehuda Stolov and Souli Khatib; Debbie Weissman and Fr David Neuhaus – testimonials on friendships
Day 6
09 Aug 2019
Discussion: Summary of Week 1
the qualities of friendship; spiritual versus “common” friendship
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Day 7
11 Aug 2019
9:00
Prayers at Dormition
prayers in syngagogues
10:00
15:30 - 18:30
Day 8
12 Aug 2019
Lecture/ discussion:
Summary of week 1 and introduction to week 2 – how do we extend the principles of friendship to interreligious?
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Testimonial I
Friendship in action (Rabbi David Rosen and Fr Hosam Naoum)
14:00
Lecture and discussion:
What does Yad Vashem teach? Can Friendship be a means to overcome hatred?
15:30
Panel of Christian leaders
the friendships between us
17:10
Towards a Declaration of Friendship:
Why we need interreligious friendship
Day 9
13 Aug 2019
Case study 3 – Lecture and Bibliodrama
The Friendship between Ghandi and Andrews
Dr Anantanand Rambachan
Peta Jones Pellach
11:30
Text study and Discussion:
Obstacles to interreligious friendship
17:10
Towards a Declaration of Friendship:
Virtues associated with Friendship.
Day 10
14 Aug 2019
9:20
Testimonial III
Friendship in Action Sr Maureen Goodman and Br Josef Goetz
11:00
14:00
Meeting with Rabbi of Kotel
“the Kotel as a prayer site for all”
17:10
Towards a Declaration of Friendship:
continue working through the document.
Day 11
15 Aug 2019
11:00
Towards a Declaration of Friendship:
summary, responses and evaluation. Brainstorming: Strategies/ activities towards friendship.
14:00