Interfaith Lecture Series
Interfaith Friday: “The Creation Story & Humanity’s Homework: A Jewish Take”
Educational, 21-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, August 21, 2020.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz continues the Interfaith Friday Series from the Jewish perspective.
Schwarz, a social entrepreneur, author and teacher, is currently a Senior Fellow at Hazon, a national organization based in New York. Schwarz founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for 21 years; its work centered on integrating Jewish learning, Jewish values and social responsibility.
This program is made possible by the Eileen and Warren Martin Lectureship for Emerging Studies in Bible and Theology.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
Up Next in 2020 Programs
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Interfaith Friday: Sufism
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, August 14, 2020.
Kainat Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith continue Interfaith Fridays from a Sufi perspective.
Norton and Smith are senior Sufi teachers, retreat guides, and interfaith ministers within the Inayati Sufi Order. Together they fo...
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Be in This World As If You Are a Trav...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 13, 2020.
Dr. Ingrid Mattson looks at Islamic interfaith relations and studies.
Mattson is a Muslim religious leader, a scholar of Islamic Studies, and an expert in interfaith relations. Since 2012 she has held the London and Windsor Communi...
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Quiet Voices, Important Truths: Life ...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
Dr. Kent Nerburn looks to bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures.
Nerburn is the author and editor of sixteen books on spiritual values and Native American themes, including the ground breaking creative non-fiction t...
