Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Please note:
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sunday, June 8

THE BAHA’I CENTER,
1993 Sunbury Rd.,
Columbus, OH  43219 (located between Agler and Mock Roads)
2:00- 5:00 p.m.

Open House/Pot Luck Gathering on ‘Race Unity Day’-
The Baha’I Center invites you to celebrate a day of racial unity- A time of wonderful food, consultation and community building with persons from diverse faiths.
2:00-3:00 – POTLUCK –Bring a dish enjoyed by your faith community
3:00-3:30 – Gather in a circle to introduce ourselves 3:30-4:30 – Break into informal gatherings for conversation on various topics of interest. Youth program on Race Unity led by two high school students, Sheyda Mottahed & Lena Sayfee.
4:30-5:00 – More socializing and dessert (to be provided by the host).

For more information, contact Lisa Beavers, lisa@parkviewpersonnel.com, 614- 571-5655 or Jeanne Marlowe, jamarlowe@juno.com, 614-476-8802.

sunday, June 15

University of Dayton
Alumni Hall- Room 101

The Relevancy of Christian- Jewish Dialogue in the 21st Century

Tuesday, June 17

Schiff Family Conference Center
Cintas Center, Xavier University
1624 Herald Ave
Cincinnati, OH

Special Community Briefing: International Tracing Service Archive
The International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany, was the world’s largest closed Holocaust archive. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum led a multiyear effort to open it that finally succeeded in November 2007. The Museum is beginning to receive copies of documentation, which contains 100 million digital images, including the names of 17.5 million victims of Nazism, both Jews and non-Jews. The museum is now able to respond to inquiries from survivors and their families who have sought this information for decades.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Speakers- Michael Haley Goldman, Director of the Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Holocaust Survivors
Scott Miller, Director of Curatorial Affairs

Sunday, June 29

Dayton, OH
Location: TBA

Descendants’ Day Celebration
For more information, contact GDCC,

Thursday, July 17th

Home of Chris Ellis
Dayton, OH

Dayton Jewish, Christian, Muslim Trialogue Meeting- Next social meeting

sunday, July 27th

The Hindu Temple
3671 Hyatts Road,
Powel, OH 43065

Wednesday, August 6th

601 W. Riverview
Dayton, OH

Dayton Jewish, Christian, Muslim Trialogue- General Meeting

sunday, August 24th

The Butalias
6867 Conquistador Ct.,
Dublin, OH 43017

sunday, September 7th

University of Dayton
Alumni Hall- Room 101

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's Encounter with Christianity

September 26-28, 2008

 CINCINNATI - WEEKLY MEETINGS

• DLOP Breakfast- immediately following meeting on various days. Meeting with local day laborers over breakfast to discuss issues surrounding organizing.
  Call for confirmation, as DLOP Breakfast is not held every week.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

ECUMENICAL RESOURCES

 Koinonia, a quarterly newsletter of the Paulist Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Office, seeks to provide ongoing information, education, and practical resources. It is distributed electronically to members of the Paulist community, Diocesan Ecumenical Officers in the U.S. and Canada, ecumenical and interfaith colleagues in other churches and religions, and anyone interested in the ongoing work for Christian unity and interreligious understanding. http://www.paulist.org/namerica/ecumenism_newsletter.htm

 Elca.org  This site from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America concentrates on interreligious relationships between Lutheran Christians, Jews, Muslims and others. It also provides access to various kinds of Lutheran ecumenical dialogues and agreements: Full Communion, Conciliar Ecumenism and Ecumenical Dialogues. Under Resources people can subscribe to their excellent Ecumenical Life Newsletter. http://www.elca.org/ecumenical/interreligious/index.html

Also see http://www.christianchurchestogether.org/newsletter/pdf/newsletter_vol1no1.pdf

INTERRELIGIOUS RESOURCES

The Interfaith Association of Central Ohio Interfaith Association of Central Ohio (IACO) represents people of different faiths promoting religious understanding, tolerance and freedom. Visit IACO online and view their interfaith calendar at  http://www.iaco.org/IACO_Home.htm

The Focolare movement has a history of promoting Christian Unity and interreligious dialogue. Check out their website at www.livingcitymagazine.com. You can subscribe to their magazine online at www.newcitypress.com or subscribe to the glossy, color magazine (11 issues, one year) by sending $30.00 to livingCity, P.O. Box 837, Bronx, NY 10465-0837.

Interfaith Calendar http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/calendar/month_february.html 
Interested in knowing the next Jewish or Muslim holiday?  A multifaith calendar can be viewed at this site.  For a paper version of this calendar for your home or classroom, order at the interfaith marketplace: orders@interfaithmarketplace.com

Adult Academy of Interfaith Studies, Hebrew Union College. Check out the remarkable Spring 2008 offerings. http://www.huc.edu/academics/continuing/adult/

Ecumenical Marriage

 The magazine “Together”  for interchurch and interfaith couples has been re-launched by its editors. You can subscribe or contact them by writing Rev. Michael and Barb Slater, 14851 Harper Street, Midway City, CA 92655-1382 or slaterbm@aol.com.

http://www.sandiego.edu/interchurch/  The Family Life office recommends this excellent resource for engaged couples of different cultural or faith backgrounds.  It also includes a normative work on marriage preparation.  

CHRISTIAN - JEWISH RESOURCES

Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations A new journal on biblical interpretation and Christian-Jewish relations. Boston College, Theology Department: Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations. The journal is available at this link: 
http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/sites/partners/ccjr/individual_memberships.pdf

Latin Missal Resources http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/topics/1962_missal.htm 
The site above is titled: Impact on Interreligious Relations of the Wider Use of the Latin 1962 Catholic Missal

Dovetail, the journal by and for Jewish/Christian families www.dovetailinstitute.org/

What happened to Germans and Jews during the Nazi era? http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/heinz/  Fr. Hanspeter Heinz, professor emeritus of pastoral theology at the University of Augsburg, is president of the Jewish-Christian Discussion Group, which sponsors programs and discussions in Germany over the difficulties experienced by both Jews and Germans in confronting the historical facts of the Holocaust. Along with Rabbi Michael Signer, he is editor of Coming Together for the Sake of God: Contributions to Jewish-Christian Dialogue from Post-Holocaust Germany (Michael Glazier Books, 2007). In his talk, sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, he stresses the continuing importance of studying the “specifics of what happened” to Germans and Jews during the Nazi era.

Dayton Christian Jewish Dialogue website  The Dayton-Christian Jewish dialogue, now 35 years old, meets on the second Sunday of the month at University of Dayton.  Their website contains records of the many fascinating dialogues they've conducted, including controversies they've mediated. http://academic.udayton.edu/kenrosenzweig/dcjd/ The dialogue is looking for new members. Write to Punctuator@aol.com or call the Office at 513-421-3131.

CHRISTIAN- JEWISH - ISLAMIC RESOURCES

The Interreligious Coordinating Council In Israel The mission of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI) is, therefore, to harness the teachings and values of the three Abrahamic faiths and transform religion's role from a force of division and extremism into a source of reconciliation, coexistence, and understanding.  To accomplish this, ICCI works with youth, women, and religious leaders to promote Jewish-Arab coexistence and peace-building projects.  http://english.icci.org.il/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=141

 COEXISTENCE AND PEACEBUILDING

Peace and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict http://traubman.igc.org/peace.htm
This web site issues from the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group,
1448 Cedarwood Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403, Voice: (650) 574-8303 -- Fax: (650) 573-1217 E-mail: LTRAUBMAN@igc.org 
Their site offers a wealth of links and other information dedicated to promoting peace through dialogue and relationship-building.
A non-profit organization of direct action, Ta`ayush activists have developed new forms of Arab-Jewish non-violent action from below.

The Coalition of Women for Peace Promoting coexistence, advocating for a just and viable peace between Israel and Palestine.
http://coalitionofwomen.org/home/english

Just Vision  Brings you the stories of Israeli and Palestinian peace makers and peace organizations.
http://www.justvision.org/

The Parents’ Circle  Parents who have lost sons and daughters in the violence in the Middle East have formed an organization working relentlessly to end the bloodshed. http://www.theparentscircle.com

PRIME (Peace Research Institute in the Middle East)  Pursuing mutual coexistence and peace- building through a joint Palestinian and Israeli Curriculum Development Project in Israeli and Palestinian Schools: "Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative". http://www.vispo.com/PRIME/

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

 Living City catalogue http://www.livingcitymagazine.com/livingcity/html/Audiovisual.htm

 The Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith relations has a copy of “A Land Twice Promised” DVD written and Performed by Noa Baum for more information, http://noabaum.com/index.php?page=a-land-twice-promised To borrow, write us at ecumenical@catholiccincinnati.org

 The Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations has a copy of “Unity and Brotherhood: International Congress of Muslim Friends of the Focolore Movement”

 
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People.
It contains A 30-minute WCPO TV special describing the creation of the historic exhibit.
Seven sets of interviews drawn from the exhibit.
A 12-minute virtual tour of the exhibit narrated by WCPO news anchor Clyde Gray.

Local Dayton Christian Jewish Dialogue website  The Dayton-Christian Jewish dialogue, now 35 years old, meets on the second Sunday of the month at University of Dayton.  Their website contains records of the many fascinating dialogues they've conducted, including controversies they've mediated. http://academic.udayton.edu/kenrosenzweig/dcjd/