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| Nov 30 Wed 7p - Through Jewish and Muslim Eyes: The Tale of Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac |
Wednesday, Nov 30 7:00 - 8:15pm Where: Adas Israel, 2850 Quebec St NW—-1 block from Cleveland Park metro Through Jewish and Muslim Eyes: The Tale of Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac The same basic story can take on dramatically different forms in the Torah and Qu'ran, or in religious folklore. Our instructors compare notes on one story and group of characters central to both Jewish and Islamic identity.
Norman Shore is a veteran instructor for the Jewish Study Center and elsewhere in the Jewish community. JSC and Adas members $15, non-members $20 To register and for more info: website - www.jewishstudycenter.org |
Naiem Sherbiny, who left Egypt in 1955, is the senior representative in the U.S. of the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center for Development, and a board member of Library of Alexandria Foundation. Formerly a senior economist at the World Bank, he has taught at Berkeley, Wisconsin, Harvard, Georgetown, and American University at Cairo.