Film screenings of 'Of Many': 4:30 and 6:45 p.m. | Presentations & Conversation: 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, February 26
Unlikely Partners: Peacemaking Across Religions
Film screenings: 4:30 and 6:45 p.m.
Presentations & Conversation: 5:15 p.m.
McBride Gathering Space, Numen Lumen Pavilion
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif will share about their friendship, their work together and their convictions about peacemaking across religions. Latif and Sarna are co-founders of New York University’s The ‘Of Many’ Institute for Multifaith Leadership, which seeks to inspire, educate and train the next generation of spiritual, religious and secular leaders to meet the growing complexities of their communities and the world.
“Of Many” film – Set against the dramatic backdrop of violence in the Middle East and the tension between Jewish and Muslim students on college campuses, Of Many focuses on the surprising and transformative relationship between an orthodox rabbi and imam, who serve as university chaplains in New York City. Through a series of voyages to communities struck by catastrophe, we witness young religious Jews and Muslims working together and overcoming long-standing divides. Timely and humorous, this short documentary offers an inspiring and hopeful narrative in the face of a seemingly irreconcilable conflict.
Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection, 2014 AFI Docs Official Selection; Linda G. Mills, Director; Chelsea
Clinton, Executive Producer. 34 minutes.
Sponsored by The Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, The Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society, Middle Eastern Studies, The Center for Leadership, Hillel, and Arabic Language Organization.