Interfaith Affairs

an image of a group of students who participated in Project Understanding

What We Gain From Interfaith Dialogue: Project Understanding

Lauren Chizner

April 26, 2023

What happens when you take six Jewish teens and six Catholic teens to Israel? This was the very question that Roger Tilles and the late Fr. Tom Hartman hoped to answer in 1988 when they organized Project Understanding.

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush participate in an Easter service at the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David, Maryland, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Also pictured in front row, from right, are Jenna Welch, Barbara Bush, Former President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush.

Interfaith Affairs

One Small Step in the Battle for Religious Pluralism in America

Rabbi A. James Rudin

July 19, 2021

Rabbi A. James Rudin recalls being the only Jew on the committee charged with raising funds to build Evergreen Chapel at Camp David.

The three members of Abraham Jam performing on stage together with purple lighting behind them

Jewish Music

Seekers in Song: Meet Abraham Jam, the Muslim/Jewish/Christian Musical Trio

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

February 1, 2021

We chat with singer-songwriter, percussionist, and multi-instrumentalist Billy Jonas about Abraham Jam, a trio of internationally renowned musicians who have teamed up to create art strengthened by diversity.

Closeup of the lower half of a persons face covered by a medical mask

COVID-19

The COVID-19 Crisis and the Faith Community

Rabbi David Saperstein

November 9, 2020

In addressing epidemics, there are a number of provisions of Jewish law directly relevant to challenges we face today. The spirit of these laws and their wisdom speaks across the centuries to us now.