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Temple Beth El's 13th Annual Comparative Religion Series:
“Religious Notes: Music & Ethics of Our Faiths”
Tuesdays evenings from January 5th through February 23rd
from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
in the Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts at the Levine Jewish Community Center. Click here to see the flyer.
The dates for “Religious Notes: Music & Ethics of Our Faiths” will be January 5, 12, 19, 26 and February 2, 9, 16, 23. For additional information, contact the Temple Beth office at 704-366-1948.
Pre-registration is not required and the programs are offered free of charge for the benefit of the faith communities of Charlotte. Donations to offset program expenses are appreciated and gladly accepted.
The Comparative Religion Committee hopes that you will attend any or all of the programs and please invite your friends and neighbors so that they can share in this special experience.
Mazel Tov...
In acknowledgment of the outstanding work that Sid Sussman has done with Mecklenburg Ministries, and as co-chair of our Community Relations Committee, he is being awarded with the Mecklenburg Ministries Bridge Builder Award.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Temple Beth El takes pride in its active role in the Charlotte interfaith and broader community. Our Temple was selected by Mecklenburg Ministries as the 2008 Interfaith Congregation of the Year. We have a vibrant Community Relations Committee that is dedicated to providing forums for the exploration of different religions, through a variety of educational programs. As we learn about other faiths, we educate the broader community about our own.
COMPARATIVE RELIGION SERIES - The Community Relations Committee sponsors an annual Comparative Religion Series which runs on Tuesdays in the winter and draws upwards of 200 people each week to learn about Judaism, Christianity, Islam and many more faiths faiths and their respective views on pertinent issues in the our lives and in the world today.
MYERS PARK BAPTIST CHURCH DIALOGUES - Beginning in 1996, this Christian-Jewish Dialogue has been a collaborative effort between Myers Park Baptist Church and Temple Beth El, striving to foster mutual study and conversation on topics of interest to our faith communities and to the community at large. Through the past twelve years, many internationally renowned Biblical scholars have participated in our dialogue and in the past two years, our conversation has broadened to include Masjid Ash Shahhed, a local mosque.
TEMPLE BETH EL /MYERS PARK BAPTIST /ASH SHAHEED MOSQUE DIALOGUE - 2009 Schedule: Individual programs to be announced throughout the year. The Families of Abraham Dialogues offer all participants an opportunity to share, compare and appreciate their own faith while learning more about the Christian and Muslim faiths. Building upon this special relationship between the three houses of worship, we’ll discover what common traditions we share and how we can promote greater religious tolerance. For additional information contact the Temple Beth El Co-Chairs Martin Multer and Tim Martin.
SPEAKERS BUREAU - As one ascends our Ladders of Learning educational program, one becomes not only a proficient student of Judaism but a teacher as well. Many of our congregants participate in this program by lecturing to school classes, church groups, senior homes and more about the Jewish faith.
CHURCH VISITS - Temple Beth El has wonderful relationships with an abundance of religious houses of worship in our community. From visits to African American churches on Martin Luther King weekend, to visits to Myers Park Baptist when our clergy speak at services there, to simply visiting other house of faith as Beth El representatives, you can help to build Beth El's bridges to the community beyond.
For more information on any of these programs, please contact Sid Sussman at sisu@carolina.rr.com.
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