INTERFAITH COMMITTEE

The CAI Interfaith Committee strives to actualize our belief that by learning about the traditions, cultures, and beliefs of our neighbors, we can educationally, socially, and spiritually focus our programs on our mutual desire to make our world a kinder and safer place

This spring we had a wonderful Shabbat program with the Rev. Ursula Rudnick, who received a Ph.D. from JTS and serves as head of Begegnung, a group based at the Evangelical Church in Hanover, Germany, that actively promotes Jewish-Christian relations. In honor of Rev Rudnick’s relationship with CAI, Begegnung made a donation to the congregation and sent us a handmade challah cover

At the Shabbat dinner, Rabbi Lucas led a discussion of the Mishnah from Jewish and Christian perspectives. The event culminated with an agreement to arrange two-three programs per year. The next will be on the concept of “grace,” with Dr. Rudnick and Rabbi Richard Hammerman leading discussions

Thanks to Deborah Miller for her major role in developing these programs and Diane Reidenberg for making them happen.

We completed a second printing of “Nourishing

Our Souls,” our interfaith vegetarian cookbook created in partnership with the Environmental Committee. We are reaching local bookstores and communities beyond our own neighborhood including a program this summer at Temple Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield, Mass., cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires.

Please help spread the word about “Nourishing

Our Souls” and purchase your own copy; it is available in the CAI office and gift shop. Proceeds go to local food banks, and we expect to donate another $1,000 soon. Thanks to Bob Markman for his marketing contributions

Our annual Iftar Dinner, held with the Peace

Islands Institute at CAI on March 29, was a warm family, educational, and musical affair. Thanks to Jilana Dellal, Susan Werk, Nesrin Tatli, and Janet Markman for their contributions.

“Amen-Amen-Amen” is an excellent documentary about the first Jewish community formed in a Muslim country in centuries (in Dubai) and the gift of a Torah scroll in memory of Sheikh Zayed, the founding father of United Arab Emirates.

Jilana Dellal will lead a discussion of the film please watch at home; it’s available on the PBS streaming platform in August, date TBA. Other programs are in the works, including an Ecumenical Tea hosted at the Lumen Center in Caldwell by the Sisters of Saint Dominic

To get involved with the Interfaith Committee, contact chair Gail Kleinman at gskleinman@gmail.com.

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