Dinner & Lecture Series: A Journey Through the Wilderness: Judaism

7 Elm Street,Westerly RI 02891

30 March, 2022

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Enjoy a simple supper of soup, salad and bread followed by a program; A journey Through the Wilderness Join us for a simple supper and program, A journey Through the Wilderness: Exploring Faith From Different Religious Perspectives. Join us for one evening or all four evenings of this interesting program! Wednesday, March 9: Dr. Thupten Tendhar, Bhikkhu (Buddhism) Wednesday, March 16: Dr. Bilal Ansari, Imam (Islam) Wednesday, March 23: The Rev. Eileen Lindeman, Priest (Christianity) Wednesday, March 30: Dr. Yehezkel Landau, Rabbi (Judaism) Meet our March 30th guest: Dr. Yehezkel Landau, a dual Israeli-American citizen, is an interfaith educator, trainer, consultant, and author active in Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations and Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding for more than 40 years. While in Israel he was executive director of the Oz veShalom-Netivot Shalom religious peace movement in the 1980’s, then co-founder and co-director of the Open House Jewish-Arab peace center in Ramle during the 1990’s. From 2002 to 2016 he was a professor of Jewish tradition and interfaith relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut and holder of the Abrahamic Partnerships Chair. He is the author of numerous articles and essays, as well as the research report Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine, published by the U.S. Institute of Peace.