Join us for this special event co-sponsored by the Madrasa-Midrasha Program and the Center for the Arts and Religion (CARe) at the GTU, which will feature presentations by Liat Berdugo (University of San Francisco) and Pantea Karimi (Santa Clara University).
The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union is pleased to announce the winners of the Friedman-Lowenthal Essay Prize in Jewish Studies: Jonah Gelfand, Mia Trachtenberg, and Dan Stein.
Join us for this special Madrasa-Midrasha Program event featuring a conversation with Dr. Shari Rabin (Oberlin College) and Dr. Amir Hussain (Loyola Marymount University) on Jews & Muslims in America.
Join us for a conversation on Psychoanalysis in Judaism and Islam with Dr. Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto) and Dr. Omnia El Shakry (UC Davis), moderated by Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala (GTU).
Please join us for a special Madrasa-Midrasha event with Dr. Sam Shonkoff and Dr. Kamal Abu-Shamsieh as we reflect on the sacred seasons of Passover and Ramadhan. Their talks will explore the notion of Spirituality as it is incorporated in and developed through religious commemorations and practices.
Dr. Shonkoff's talk is titled "The Forty-Nine-Day Path from Liberation to Revelation" and explores how in Jewish ritual time Passover marks the beginning of a psychological journey to Shavuot, the celebration of Sinai.
Please join us in introducing Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala as Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies (Center for Islamic Studies) and the Director of the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program.
Join us for Dr. Dhala's virtual talk entitled, "The Sermon of Fatima: Women’s Theology, Leadership, and Social Justice"
Join us for the Inaugural Lecture for the Taube Family Chair in Jewish Studies given by Taube Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies Sam Shonkoff. Dr. Shonkoff's talk is titled “Gender in Martin Buber’s Hasidic Tales.” The event will feature introductory words by GTU leadership and Shana Penn, Executive Director of Taube Philanthropies, as well as a response by Dr. Judith Plaskow, professor emerita of religious studies at Manhattan College.
The GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program is pleased to announce summer research grants ranging from $250 to $1000 to support GTU students working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam.
