Migration in Abrahamic Traditions

9115 Guilford Road,Columbia MD 21046

02 March, 2023

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Migration has been a part of human history and still happening today, maybe at higher scales, due to the suffering of people in their homelands. We would like to discuss how religious communities have experienced migration and tackled it as both migrating and/or resident (welcoming) communities, giving examples from the past and present. Scholars from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions will join us to discuss the issue of migration from the perspectives of their corresponding faiths. Rabbi Jenni Greenspan is the Senior Rabbi at Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia, MD. See bio at https://www.beth-shalom.net/2022/06/22/welcome-rabbi-jenni-greenspan/ Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathaway is the Emeritus Pastor at the historic Union Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD. See bio at https://www.unionbaptistmd.org/pastor Dr. Zuleyha Colak is an instructor at Columbia University, NY, and a board and faculty member at Respect Graduate School, PA. See bio at https://mesaas.columbia.edu/faculty-directory/zuleyha-colak/