Mark R. Cohen
By Mark R. Cohen
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News What I Learned Teaching Arabs About Judaism in Abu Dhabi
It was ironic, to say the least, that it took coming to an oil-rich Arab emirate to get me to lead my first Rosh Hashanah service. Forty-five years ago I had earned Conservative rabbinic ordination from New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary. But this was the first time I had ever used it. I had turned,…
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News Despite Controversy, Conference Widens Interfaith Dialogue
The refrain that freedom and democracy are on the march in the Middle East may seem premature, but recent events — like last month’s conference in Qatar on interreligious dialogue — reflect positive and noteworthy changes. The two previous conferences — held in Doha in 2003 and 2004, originally at the initiative of the archbishop…
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