Madrasa-Midrasha

The Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Ashura

Ashura marks a significant event in Islamic history and has a profound impact on Shi'a identity and lived experience. In this webinar sponsored by Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala will explore the historical, spiritual, political, social, and inter-religious discourses that emerge from this seventh century episode which are relevant to contemporary concerns for peace and justice. The event will be moderated by Dr.

Join us for this special Madrasa-Midrasha Program event, which will feature presentations by Dr. Charlotte Fonrobert (Stanford University) and Dr. Mark Fathi Massoud (UC Santa Cruz).

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).

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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.

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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).

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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"

Please join Rabbi Yonatan Cohen and Dr. Ahmed Khater as we consider the challenges that the pandemic has posed to traditional forms of assembly and the way in which Muslim and Jewish religious leaders have helped to forge the possibility of assembly in a time of social distance.

Deena Aranoff, Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, and Munir Jiwa, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies, will moderate.