Prof. Kecia Ali to participate in Program on Muslim and Jewish Perspectives on the Interpretation of Foundational Religious Texts to be held October 30th in NYC

Center for Interreligious Understanding
Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Education
Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
Muslim Chaplains’ Association
Location: Temple Emanu-El
One East 65thStreet, Room 402
New York, NY 10065

October 30, 2011

4:00PM

MUSLIM AND JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON THE INTERPRETATION
OF FOUNDATIONAL RELIGIOUS TEXTS

INTRODUCTION
Prof. Marshall J. Breger, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America

MODERATOR, Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Center for Interreligious Understanding (CIU)

PRESENTERS
Rabbi David Silber, Drisha Institute, New York
Prof. Kecia Ali, Boston University

PANEL RESPONDERS:
Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society, VA
Prof. Ebrahim Moosa, Duke University Prof. Josef Stern, University of Chicago
Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Lincoln Square Synagogue

6:00PM-7:00PM
Coffee and refreshment

For further information, please call the CIU: 201.804.4776
RSVP’s to: Bemporad.CIU@gmail.com

Conference Planning Committee: Imam Abdullah Antepli, Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Prof. Marshall Breger, Prof. Jerome Chanes