Living Together in Jerusalem subject of interreligious talk at Williams College
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ophir Yarden, director of education of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, will give a lecture titled "The Other Peace Process: Christians, Jews, and Muslims Living Together in Jerusalem."The lecture will take place on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Religious Center on the Williams College campus. The talk is sponsored by the Muslim Student Association and the Williams College Jewish Association. The public is cordially invited.
His talk will focus on the religious traditions that value Jerusalem as holy ground. He will discuss both the historical and contemporary meanings of coexistence, and highlight some of the lesser-known kinds of cooperation that don't make it to the front pages of the popular press.
Yarden has taught on the faculty of Hebrew University, Hebrew Union College, the Swedish Theological Institute, and the Ratisbonne Pontifical Institute of Jewish Studies for Christians, among many others in Jerusalem.
In January 2003 Yarden founded the Israeli-Palestine J.C.M. Conference, which seeks to promote dialogue among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Israel and Palestine.
Yarden's research interests focus on Jewish identity. He is a specialist in non-formal Jewish education and the use of Israel as an educational resource.
Yarden received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his M.A. from the University of Chicago.
