Register at Eventbrite Panelists: Eli Taub: After a long career at Kaiser Permanente as a pediatrician, Eli retired and is now an active member in many Jewish organizations. He served on the Santa Clara County’s Human Relations Commission and has helped plan the County Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. Eli attended the University of Michigan and received […]
An Art Exhibition March 14th - May 2nd Artist Reception with Laurie on Thursday, March 31st | 5:30pm This project interweaves Muslim, Jewish, and Christian poetry and spiritual texts from the period of convivencia (co-existence) in Spain (8th-15th centuries), and from modern Middle Eastern poets, particularly Palestinian and Israeli. Emphasis is on the common themes and striking […]
Learn about Islam, its beliefs and practices in the context of modern western societies and current affairs. A short presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session moderated by a panel of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian clergy. ING’s Maha Elgenaidi will be a participating speaker
Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust Marty Brounstein, author and public speaker will be speaking at the JCC to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Holocaust Remembrance Day is May 5th this year. We will be having our speaker a bit early, on April 27th.) Come hear the remarkable true story […]
Panel presentation : Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Confucians. Audience interactive Questions and Answers and Closing comments Eid (end of Ramadan) Dinner MUST RSVP by June 30, 2016 by email: drhkoya@hotmail.com
Led by Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper and Father George Aranha, this interfaith celebration of a Passover Seder will include Jewish, Christian and Muslim participants. Members of other Faith traditions are welcome, as well. RSVP by March 20 to Carol Rossi, 408-264-9786 or rossitwo@sbcglobal.net Questions: contact diane@jvalley.org or call 408-357-7504 Unity Seder Flyer
You are invited to experience an interactive overview of Judaism. We will explore Jewish culture, diversity, and history. Some common myths and stereotypes are revealed by way of discussion, stories, and candid questions such as “Who is a Jew?” and “What is Judaism?” Engage in the complexities of a 5,777-year-old culture that has persevered and contributed to […]
LOVING JEWISH NEIGHBORS is a seminar for Christians who want to understand and honor Jewish neighbors. It navigates through a maze of conflicting information and stereotypes, then equips Christians with biblical solutions to challenges that have vexed Jewish-Christian relations for over two-thousand years. This graduate-level seminar is taught by one of Christianity's preeminent scholars of […]
Please join us for an interfaith conversation between leaders in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths. Rabbi Sarah Weissman, the Reverend Matthew Dutton-Gillett, and Sheikha Maryam Amir will be our featured speakers for this event. In this dialogue, we are hoping to move beyond the great and formidable edifices of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which means […]