Upcoming Events
All events are at the Insititue for Christian & Jewish Studies unless otherwise noted.
Religion & the Arts
Abrahamic Film Festival
The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies, Goucher College's Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and American Jewish Committee are showing a three-part series of films and film clips, selected and presented by visiting Israeli directors Dan and Noit Geva, focusing on the diversity and complexity of religious life in Israel. While the political troubles in the region typically receive the most media attention, we will explore the religious tensions Jews, Muslims, and Christians—members of the three so-called "Abrahamic Faiths"—face as their traditions and communities adapt to the pressures of modernity and co-existence. On two nights we will screen full-length films; on one night we will screen short selections from a group of films. We will also include time for discussion each night.
March 24, 6:30-8:30: Badal, directed by Ibtisam Mara’na (Merrick Hall, Goucher College)
April 14, 6:30-8:30: Selections from Jerusalem—Rhythms of a Distant City, What I Saw in Hebron, Description of a Memory, and Take Now Your Son (directed by Dan and Noit Geva) (Merrick Hall, Goucher College)
May 5, 6:30-8:30: Arna's Children, directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel (Kelly Hall, Goucher College)
All films are free and open to the public.
Spring Mini-Course 2010
Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly with Your God (Micah 6:8)
A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Ethics
THIS MINI-COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2010. DATES AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.
The last decade has presented many unexpected challenges and disappointments regarding the stability of Jewish-Christian relations. As Jews interact with Protestants, Catholics and Evangelicals, each relationship has been in a state of flux. Join us for a lively mini-course during which we will study recent controversies regarding the State of Israel, mission and conversion, and changes in liturgy, and how they affect contemporary Jewish-Christian relations.
With Louise Lears, SC, PhD and Rabbi Avram Reisner
