BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Muslims\, Jews and Friendship: \;\nSeeing Through the Eye s of &lsquo\;The Other&rsquo\;\nAmerican Rabbi and German Imam Share the ir Journey of Sisterhood\, Self-Discovery and Spiritual Faith \nCo-Spons ored by St. Elizabeth&rsquo\;s Episcopal Church\, Ridgewood and the Musl im Society of Ridgewood\n \;\nThey embrace different religious tradi tions\, grew up in different cultures and live on opposite sides of the ocean. \;Who would have expected they would become friends? But Rabb i Gloria S. Rubin and Imam/Shaykha Halima Krausen were determined to ove rcome the obstacles&mdash\;some easy to identify\, others far more subtl e. How we all can expand the personal and cultural lens through which we see the world to evolve a shared view of humanity will be the theme of this remarkable conversation.\n \;\nRabbi Rubin\, a retired pulpit r abbi and Temple Israel congregant\, and Imam Krausen\, spiritual leader of the German-speaking Muslim community in Hamburg\, Germany\, first met in 1995 at an interfaith gathering in Bendorf\, Germany. They haven&rsq uo\;t stopped talking since&mdash\;about family\, beliefs\, community&md ash\;and are now the co-authors of Unlikely Friends\, a book about their discovery of a kindred spirit in one another\, currently making the rou nds of literary agents and publishing houses.\n \;\nThe dialogue wil l follow regular Saturday morning worship at Temple Israel. Photography is prohibited.\n \;\nAll Are Welcome\, Admission Free\n \;\nTemp le Israel &\; JCC is a traditional\, egalitarian Conservative congreg ation serving Ridgewood and vicinity\n \;\n \;\n \;\n\n  \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \; URL:http://teaneck.patch.com/events/interfaith-dialogue-3f35a2a9 SUMMARY:Interfaith Dialogue LOCATION:475 Grove St\, Ridgewood\, NJ 07450: 475 Grove St\, Ridgewood\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR