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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Film Screening and Discussion of “Sevap/Mitzvah”
DESCRIPTION:Rumi Forum is proud to join the Jewish Islamic Dialogue Society (JIDS) in presenting a dialogue featuring the film by writer and director Sabina Vajrača\, “Sevap/Mitzvah”  on February 13\, 2024 at Washington Hebrew Congregation. This short film is a moving dramatization of a Bosnian Muslim woman who hid a Jewish family during the Holocaust and then was rescued by Jews during the war in Bosnia 52 years later. It is a story about the power of true friendship\, which is one thing organizations like JIDS and the Rumi Forum have tried so hard to foster – true friendships between Muslims and Jews. \nThis film should provide an excellent springboard for a discussion that can help bring our two communities together during a time when many forces would like to split us apart. Come in fellowship\, prepare to be inspired\, and participate in a dialogue that builds on the film to confront issues facing our communities today. \nWatch the Trailer \n\n  \nAwards \n2024 Academy Awards – For Your Consideration Best Live Action Short Film  \n2023 Humanitas Prize \n2023 ECOCINE Film Festival ~ Human Rights Award \n2023 Centre Film Festival ~ Gratitude Award \n2023 Sedicicorto International Film Festival ~ Audience Award \n2023 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival ~ Jury Award: International Vision Award \n2023 Cordillera International Film Festival ~ Jury Award: Best Female Focus \n2021 Claims Conference ~ Emerging Filmmaker Grant
URL:https://rumiforum.org/event/film_screening_and_discussion_sevap_mitzvah/
LOCATION:Washington Hebrew Congregation\,  3935 Macomb St NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Interfaith Engagement,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Interreligious Communities Project: Site Visit to Temple Rodef Shalom
DESCRIPTION:Rumi Forum and Sharing Sacred Spaces will visit the Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church\, VA\, on Sunday\, February 18\, from  5 to 7:30 pm. This interfaith visit will have representatives from six different religious communities present to explore this sacred space and build understanding and unity across faiths. These congregations are participating in an interreligious effort to build understanding and solidarity across differences. Even in this time of heightened bias and polarization\, gathering and sharing our mutual humanity seeds hope. \nOur friends at the Temple will greet us with warm hospitality\, love\, and compassion. We will learn the story and heart of their religion and its practices\, have the opportunity to participate in a mini-Torah study on sacred space\, hear from members about their spiritual journeys\, walk the gorgeous space\, enjoy delicious food (such as matzoh ball soup)\, and join in the dialogue.  Participants are encouraged to come with their curiosity and questions and take this opportunity to meet their neighbors and build the foundations for peace. \nThis visit is part of the Interreligious Communities Project (Northern VA/Washington).
URL:https://rumiforum.org/event/interreligious-communities-project-site-visit-to-temple-rodef-shalom/
LOCATION:Temple Rodef Shalom\, 2100 Westmoreland St.\, Falls Church\, VA\, 22043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Interfaith Engagement,Past Events,Religious Literacy
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SUMMARY:Scriptural Reasoning: "Revelation"
DESCRIPTION:Rumi Forum had its monthly circle on February 22\, 2024 to study Abrahamic scriptures on the topic of “Revelation” with our study leader\, Rev. Rebecca Messman\, from Burke Presbyterian Church. \nScriptural Reasoning (SR) allows Christians\, Jews\, and Muslims to study each other’s sacred texts. SR participants meet monthly to read short passages on a topic from their respective scriptures. Facilitated by a study leader\, each session is an opportunity to listen and share various perspectives. SR sessions help participants reflect on a curious list of topics within the Abrahamic tradition. The result is often a deeper understanding of others and one’s scriptures and the development of strong bonds across faith communities. \n\n                 Scriptural Reasoning: Introduction                       Islamic Scripture: Quran \n            \n                  Jewish Scripture: Hebrew Bible                 Christian Scripture: New Testament \n              \n  \nThis Month`s Study Leader \n\nRev. Rebecca Messman is the Senior Pastor of Burke Presbyterian Church in Burke\, Virginia. She has been actively engaged in community organizing in Fairfax County and the state of Virginia for more than 15 years\, working on affordable housing\, behavioral health\, and after-school programs. She is a frequent writer and speaker\, writing articles for Christian Century and the Presbyterian Outlook magazine. She created a multi-faith\, multi-race clergy association that toured the state of Virginia by bus\, examining places of racial pain in the Commonwealth and interviewing Civil Rights leaders whose stories had not been told before. This effort became a documentary on PBS.  \nBefore serving at Burke Presbyterian\, Pastor Messman served at Trinity Presbyterian in Herndon and helped found a ministry with Spanish-speaking day laborers called Lunch for the Soul. She graduated from Princeton Seminary and the University of Virginia. She lives in Arlington with her husband and two children.
URL:https://rumiforum.org/event/scriptural-reasoning-revelation/
LOCATION:Virginia Theological Seminary-Addison Academic Center\, 3630 Bishop Walker Cir.\, Alexandria\, VA\, 22304\, United States
CATEGORIES:Interfaith Engagement,Past Events,Scriptural Reasoning
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