Going Virtual at the JJC

Our 2021 Jewish-Muslim dialogue hosted during Ramadan will again be a virtual discussion.  Join Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner, Jacksonville Jewish Center; Dr. Parvez Ahmed, Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida; and moderator Gregg Kaufman from the Kettering Foundation.

Speakers will explore the role of synagogues, mosques and churches in a society struggling with diversity and democracy, and how Muslim and Jewish faith communities connect their faith and beliefs to civic life and public policy.

Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses’s life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight.