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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
As spiritual and ethical leaders – clergy, educators, organizers, etc. – we are challenged in this moment to respond thoughtfully to the dangerous divisions in our society. Please join us on June 24 for a timely exploration of how we might engage authentically and empathically in the shared labor of mending our beloved nation. Knowing how busy you are with work and life, please feel free to join for whatever fits your schedule – scroll below for the full schedule. We will be enriched by your presence and insights.
If you have any questions, please email millercenter@hebrewcollege.edu. We are honored to be co-sponsoring this event with Interfaith America.
Blessings,
Rabbi Or Rose & Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck
The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership, Hebrew College
“E pluribus unum—Out of many, one!”
Schedule:
11:00-11:05 a.m.
Welcome
Rabbi Or Rose
11:05-11:10 a.m.
Retreat Overview
Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck
11:10-11:15 a.m.
Morning Intention
Rev. Hope Christensen
11:15-11:30
A Compassion Meditation: Turning Inward to Turn Outward
Acharya Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The Beloved Community Today?: The Challenges & Promise of Interdependence
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor
Moderator: Rabbi Or Rose
12:15-12:45 p.m.
Disagreeing Honorably: Practicing What We Preach
Rev. Dr. Brian McLaren
12:45-1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:30-1:40 p.m.
Afternoon Intention: “We are waves in the ocean. We are beads on a thread.”
Simran Jeet Singh (recorded)
1:45-2:30 p.m.
LGBTQ+ Inclusion: Navigating Personal, Communal, and Denominational Tensions
Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond & Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond
Moderator: Rev. Tom Reid
2:45-3:00 p.m.
Embodied Intention
Simran Stuelpnagel
3:00-3:45 p.m.
Pastoring a House Divided: A Conversation with the Chaplain to the US House of Representatives Reverend Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben
Respondent: Rabbi Jack Moline
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck
3:45-4:00 p.m.
Musical Interlude
Video: Mira Awad & Achinoam Nini (Noah), December 20, 2023, Berlin
4:00-4:45 p.m.
Collegiality & Friendships in the Face of Crisis: Jewish-Muslim Engagement Since October 7th
Dr. Celene Ibrahim & Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Moderator: Jon M. Sweeney
4:45-4:50 p.m.
Break
4:50-5:20 p.m.
Seeing Through One Another’s Lenses: A Photographic Exercise
Winnie Rugamba and Dr. Roman Williams
5:20-5:30 p.m.
We Must Build Together: Repairing Our Fractured Society
Dr. Eboo Patel (video)
5:30-5:50 p.m.
“Onward!”: A Communal Conversation
Facilitator: Terry Rosenberg
5:50-5:55 p.m.
Evening Intention
Rev. Dr. Suzan D. Johnson-Cook (video)
5:55-6:00 p.m.
Thank You & Farewell
Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck
Featured speakers, teachers, and facilitators
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
President, Hebrew College, Newton, MA
Rev. Hope Christensen
Co-founder, Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, Assisting Priest, Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington, MD
Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond
Co-founding pastor, Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA
Dr. Celene Ibrahim
Islamic scholar, educator, author, Women and Gender in the Qur’an
Reverend Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben
Chaplain, United States House of Representatives
Rev. Dr. Brian McLaren
Dean of faculty, Center for Action and Contemplation, author, The Great Spiritual Migration
Rabbi Jack Moline
President emeritus, Interfaith Alliance, retired congregational rabbi
Rev.Tom Reid
Pastor, Newton Presbyterian Church, Newton MA
Rabbi Or Rose
Founding director, Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership, Hebrew College
Terry Rosenberg
Institute for Synagogue Studies
Winnie Rugamba
Research Project Manager, Essential Partners
Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck
Visiting scholar of Christianity and religious leadership, Hebrew College, author, Costly Grace
Acharya Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown
Co-founding professor emerita, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Jon M. Sweeney
Author, Thomas Merton: An Introduction to his Life, Teachings, and Practices
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor
President, Sojourners, author, The Beloved Community
Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond
Co-founding pastor, Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA
Simran Stuelpnagel
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund board member, management consultant
Dr. Roman Williams
Founder, Interfaith Photovoice
RECORDED PRESENTERS
Rev. Dr. Suzan D. Johnson-Cook
Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Dr. Eboo Patel
Founding president, Interfaith America, author, We Need to Build
Simran Jeet Singh
Executive Director for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program, author, The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
Fee & Financial Aid
Registration fee: $99.
Financial Aid Available: Please contact mstern@hebrewcollege.edu
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