Well, it turns out that the world-infamous Muslim Community Center which has been proposed for Lower Manhattan is already active -- in fact, several queer Jews entered the site, discussed Torah with Muslims and Christians, and left with smiles on their faces!
I had the honor of representing CBST as a teacher at an interfaith text study organized by our partners at Religious Freedom USA . About thirty people--including lay leaders of the Muslim congregation that has prayed in the Park51 building for years--gathered in small groups studying texts from Torah and midrash, the Koran, and the ...
I am heartened to share with all of you a beautiful letter of thanks we received from the Cordoba Initiative in response to our community's poster size card wishing them an Eid Mubarak.
As you will recall, over Rosh Hashanah, hundreds of you signed this card and we were later able to get it to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. These folks are working ...
Over 25 members and staff from the CBST community turned out to join with 1000 Muslims, Christians, and other Jews at an interfaith rally on 9/12 -- the day after 9/11, when it seemed like all New Yorkers were united in cooperation, solidarity, and compassion.
The rally at St. Peter's Church downtown focused on supporting the proposed Park51 Muslim community center that's been so controversial. But speakers were clear that the real issue has become much greater: the fight for the future of the U.S. as a pluralistic democracy in which minorities, people of color, and even unpopular opinions are valued ...
