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Koret Foundation

March 2016

Birds of Longing: An Interfaith Panel

March 31, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, Levy Family Campus, 14855 Oka Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032 United States
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$10.00 – $12
Laurie Wohl artwork

Taking inspiration from exhibiting artist Laurie Wohl's Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory, panel participants will speak to the interweaving of words, beliefs, and philosophies amongst the Abrahamic religions. Participants include: Wohl, Maha Elgenaidi from the Islamic Networks Group, Rev. Dr. D. Andrew Kille editor of Reading Between The Lines, and Rabbi Me’irah Susan Iliinsky from VITAS Healthcare. Birds of Longing interweaves Muslim, Jewish, and Christian poetry and spiritual texts from the period of convivencia (co-existence) in Spain (8th-15th centuries), and from modern Middle Eastern poets, particularly Palestinian and…

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