February’s Workshop - Sarah and Hagar: Reaching Out Across the Great Divide
| April 16, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Sarah and Hagar: Reaching Out Across the Great Divide
Temple Beth David, 10180 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo
7-9 PM, $20, No pre-registration required
Removed as we are from the events described in religious texts of Islam and Judaism about how the Muslim and Jewish communities became separated, the two presenters share stories as a contemporary Muslim and Jewish woman in dialog about themselves, their families and their lives. Using the vehicle of faith and family as pathways to celebrate diversity, the presenters consider the influences of their respective traditional practices on their spiritual pathways. Discussing what they have in common and what is uniquely their own, they will encourage participants to share their own stories as way to nourish and heal the spiritual yearnings that may have been bruised by religious practice.
Nisha Abdul Cader has resided on the Central Coast with her husband and children for over eight years. She is a member of the San Luis Obispo Interfaith Ministerial Association and has participated on numerous interfaith panels at Cal Poly, as well as throughout the greater San Luis Obispo community. She is also a pediatrician who specializes in services to children-at-risk, including abused children, incarcerated youth, and prenatally substance exposed children.
Heather Mendel, spiritual director, artist and author of “Towards Freedom: a feminist haggada for men and women,” has facilitated women’s spirituality groups for the past 15 years. Keynote speaker of the First Annual Women Press Retreat, she lectures, conducts workshops, seminars and retreats, focused on kabbalah, spirituality and egalitarianism.







