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Weekly Update
November 3, 2009
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Greetings!
This Wednesday Nov 4th come out to see the film REFUGE followed by a Q&A with the director at the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order's Dergah in Tribeca. This film explores the cultural dynamics of East and West as told by the Dalai Lama, Buddhist masters, film directors & artists.
Next Wednesday, Nov 11th, we will enter into a dialogue about Israel and Palestine called "Speaking the Unspoken, Naming the Unnamed." This session will be led by Marcia Kannry, founder of The Dialogue Project. Marcia hosted a Living Room last November called "Election Heat: Passion and Politics", which led us into a profound discussion.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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SPECIAL EVENT
REFUGE Film, Q&A with the Director
 Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009
6:30 pm Doors, 7 pm Film,
Followed by Q&A with the film director, John Halpern
$10 Donation
Dergah al-Farah in Tribeca
245 West Broadway Ave
Btwn Walker and White Sts
Subways: 1 to Franklin St or A, C,
D, N, Q, R, W to Canal
Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Westerners have been
traveling to the East in search of spiritual wisdom. By the 1950's
Eastern meditation masters were coming to the West and establishing
meditation centers here. This film is the story of those journeys, East
and West, towards refuge.
Halpern's REFUGE engages the audience in the cultural dynamics of East and West, and in the mutual explorations of Buddhism and western mind on the part of its main characters. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, film directors Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, composer, Philip Glass, writer, Melissa Matheson, film director and abbot, Dzongzar Rinpoche and others, tell the story. www.refugefilm.com
Director, John Halpern, will join us for Q&A after the movie
John's next film from MDS Productions will be "KASHMIR~The River" exploring the human capacity for peace in the face of politics and oppression in Kashmir.
The Dergah will provide a samovar with tea, please bring vegetarian snacks to share (e.g. fruit, nuts cheese, popcorn).
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on our Facebook Event or Meetup Event online.
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LIVING ROOM
Speaking the Unspoken, Naming the Unnamed: Israel & Palestine Dialogue
 Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009
6 pm Doors,7 pm Program
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Marcia Kannry, The Dialogue Project & Sam Aboelela, New York Community of Muslim Progressives
Come explore how we can create an opportunity, a space where we can risk to speak the unspoken about our connections, histories, and the wounds of Israel and Palestine. We will cultivate a place where we learn how to listen, actively and generously. We will address the needs all humans have to be seen and acknowledged. We will share stories, surface differences, and have a difficult conversation around the hot words of home and homeland, justice and peace.
Marcia Kannry, Founder of The Dialogue Project; Sammer Aboelela, participant and Board Member; with other Palestinian Americans and Israelis will create a dialogue circle with all of us. Learn more about The Dialogue Project
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on our Facebook Event or Meetup Event. Vegetarian snacks to share also welcome!
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In Faith,
Juliet rabia Gentile, Islamic Co-Leader
Samir Selmanovic, Founder and Christian Co-Leader
Bara Levitt, Social Justice Intern
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Featured Article from Faith House Website
Paul Knitter on "Walking More Than One Path:
Is Religious Multiple-Beloning Possible?"
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20-Minute PODCAST of Prof. Paul Knitter's talk at Oct 28th Living Room
Paul
F. Knitter, the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and
Culture at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a
leading theologian of religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue.
Knitter is author of more than a dozen books, most recently, Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian.
Full program of Living Room, including poems and Koans, included
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