Interreligious Dialogue as a Tool for Peace-Building in Israel-Palestine
lecture by Ophir Yarden
Thursday, November 12, 2009
12:30 p.m.
216 Bicentennial Hall
Ophir Yarden was born in the United States and immigrated to Israel in 1978. He is a specialist in non-formal Jewish education and the use of Israel as an educational resource, and is director of the Center for Interreligious Encounter with Israel at the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI) in Jerusalem. He serves as Secretary-General of IJCIR, the Israel Jewish Council for Interreligious Relations.
Mr. Yarden is professor of Jewish and Israel studies at Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem center and lectures widely elsewhere. He has taught at several other Jerusalem institutions including Hebrew University and the Hebrew Union College. He conducts seminars in Israel for Jewish professionals from the Diaspora and teaches in Israel’s national tour guides courses, and lectures regularly at Christian seminaries.
His research interests center on Jewish identity and its changes over history, and he has published several articles on civil religion in Israel. He recently returned from three semesters in Stockholm where he served as the Scholar-in-Residence of PAIDEIA: The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden.
War and Torture Aren't Working:
Thinking About Alternatives
Tom Driver and Anne Barstow
Monday, November 9, 2009
4:30 p.m.
216 Bicentennial Hall
Anne L. Barstow is Professor of European History (retired) at the Old Westbury campus of the State University of New York. Her books include War’s Dirty Secret: Rape, Prostitution, and other Crimes Against Women and Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts and Joan of Arc: Heretic, Mystic, Shaman; She is the founder and director of the (unarmed) Accompaniment Program for endangered leaders of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia. She has twice served as Chairperson of the Board of Witness for Peace (WFP). She has led many delegations to Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Chiapas (Mexico), and Haiti. Both she and Tom Driver serve on the National Committee of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. They take part in the annual protests against the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Tom F. Driver is Professor of Theology and Culture Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has also been a theater critic, author, and filmmaker. In retirement he has devoted himself to volunteer work with Witness for Peace, the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. He has photographed and edited two videos about the United States' contribution to the violence in Colombia in South America, scripting and narrating these together with Anne Barstow. His books include Liberating Rites: Understanding the Transformative Power of Ritual and Romantic Quest and Modern Query: A History of the Modern Theater; and Christ in a Changing World: Toward an Ethical Christology.
Co-sponsored by the Quaker Student Group.
Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas
Sunday, December 6, 2009
4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Mead Memorial Chapel
Laurel Macaulay Jordan '79, College Chaplain, presiding
Middlebury College Choir, Jeff Buettner, conductor
Emory Fanning, organ
This traditional program combines choral music, congregational singing, and biblical texts of the season. Free. Donations collected for local charities.
PAST EVENTS
2009 Charles P. Scott Lecture:
The Enduring Significance of the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights, with Special Attention to the Problem of the 'Defamation of Religion'
Professor David Little, Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict at Harvard University
Monday, October 26, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Dana Auditorium
David Little is an expert on comparative religious ethics, human rights, and international affairs. He worked for years at the United States Institute of Peace, where he participated in a long-range study of religion, nationalism, and global intolerance. During his time at the USIP, he authored two volumes on religious intolerance and global violence, including one that looked specifically at the situation in Sri Lanka. More recently he has been involved in intellectual apologies for the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights against both philosophical skeptics and criticism from non-western, traditionally religious societies.
Sponsored by the Department of History. Please contact cmbarret@middlebury.edu for more information.
Homecoming Weekend Chapel Service
Sunday, October 18, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Mead Memorial Chapel
Ecumenical Christian worship service led by Chaplain Laurel Macaulay Jordan '79.
“Alan Dershowitz vs. Dennis Prager:
The Left, the Right and Judaism in America”
Wednesday October 8, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Axinn 220
Live-streamed webcast of the debate held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, broadcast around the country. “Two of the nation’s most provocative voices on issues surrounding Judaism and the Middle East conflict come together for a can’t-miss event. Students can watch as they debate Zionism, democracy, torture, social justice, the current administration and other pressing issues.”
Sponsored by Middlebury College Hillel.
Addison County CROP Hunger Walk
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Middlebury Town Green
Registrations begins at 11:30 a.m.
Walk begins at 1:00 p.m.
Join Weybridge author and professor Julia Alvarez, this year's Honorary CROP Hunger Walk Chair, in a fun 2.4-mile walk to raise money for seven Addison County food shelves and for hunger and sustainability projects around the world.
Call Patty Hallam at 802-388-1561 for a walker packet, or go online at churchworldservice.org to start raising money on the web.
Fall Family Weekend Chapel Service
Sunday, October 4, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Mead Memorial Chapel
Ecumenical Christian worship service led by Chaplain Laurel Macaulay Jordan '79
Fall Family Weekend Bagel Brunch
Sunday, October 4, 2009
11:00 a.m.
Jewish Center at Freeman International Center
Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation
with Lama Tenzin Dhonden, Peace Emissary for
His Holiness the
14th Dalai Lama
Friday, September 18, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Abernathy Reading Room, Axinn Center
Lama Tenzin will talk about Tibetan Buddhism and meditation and how they can lead to deep inner happiness. He will discuss the Six Paramitas -- generosity, ethics, patience, wisdom, effort and meditation -- and how they enhance daily living
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, Prajna Student Meditation Group, the Religious Life Council, The Department of Religion, and meditation instructor Chessy Kelley.
High Holidays 5770 Schedule
September 2009
ROSH HASHANAH
Friday, September 18
7:00 p.m. Evening Service at Mead Chapel
Babysitting space in Hepburn Lounge*
8:30 p.m. “Apples and Honey” Reception in Forest East Lounge
Saturday, September 19
9:30 a.m. Shacharit – Morning services at Mead Chapel Babysitting space in Hepburn Lounge *
Sunday, September 20
9:30 a.m. Shacharit – Morning Services and babysitting space at Havurah House*
5:00 p.m. Tashlich Service at Otter Creek Footbridge, Marble Works side
YOM KIPPUR
Sunday, September 27
6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre at Mead Chapel
Babysitting space in Forest West Lounge *
Monday, September 28
9:30 a.m. Shacharit – Morning Service at Mead Chapel
Babysitting space in Hepburn Lounge *
11:15 a.m. Yizkor – Memorial Service at Mead Chapel
5:00 p.m. Minchah – Afternoon Service and Ne’ilah – Concluding Services at Mead Chapel
6:45 p.m. Shofar Blowing and Havdalah at Mead Chapel
7:00 p.m. Break-the-Fast in McCullough Social Space
* Babysitting space is being offered. Please check specific location for each service. If interested in sharing a babysitter, please call Karen Lefkoe at 388-3105. Havurah is not providing babysitters.