Interfaith Fellow’s Bi-Weekly Blog Post
I Want to Thank My Bahai Friend Gigi – Lilly Freemyer
Gigi has been one of my good friends since I was nine years old. Her parents raised her as Bahai. Though we come from different religious backgrounds, we established a strong relationship through our passion about our faiths. Gigi and I met as fourth graders at National Cathedral School (NCS) in Washington, D.C., an all-girls Episcopalian school that is on the same campus as the Washington National Cathedral. Gigi and I first played together in our fourth-grade edition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We’ve known each other for over ten years and our relationship has led me to grow in my faith. Over the years we had many conversations about our religious traditions and how they hold similar, if not the same values. I learned that there are more similarities than differences between faiths, even between those that do not stem from the same origin. Intersecting principles of faith helped established a deep friendship, one that led me to become interested in interfaith relations in the first place.
Interfaith Fellows' Blog Posts
I Want to Thank My Bahai Friend Gigi – Lilly Freemyer
Gigi has been one of my good friends since I was nine years old. Her parents raised her as Bahai. Though we come from different religious backgrounds, we established a strong relationship through our passion …
October 14, 2019Finding My Jewish Village in Public School – Hannah Silver
Entering Freshman year of high school, almost all of the people I knew were Jewish. For ten years of my life, I attended a Jewish day school with Jewish people and Jewish values. I took …
October 10, 2019Interfaith Friendships in High School – Ari Kirsch
Throughout my life, I’ve had the fortune of feeling at home in many different communities. I was active at my synagogue and my summer camp, and at both of these places I met some of …
October 7, 2019Faith in Life – Jacob Brevard
I am from Helenville, Wisconsin, a small town one hour west of Milwaukee. This has not always been my hometown as I have moved four times throughout my life. I was born in Belleville, Illinois …
October 3, 2019Being an Ally to Jewish Students During Holiday Season (Part II) – Devorah Fisher
The start of a new school year always comes with challenges, but for me, the Fall Semester can be a nightmare. The Jewish month of Tishrei, which generally overlaps with September/October, has 7 days and …
September 30, 2019- More Interfaith Fellows' Blog Posts posts
The Center in the News
Race, Religion, and Revisionism: Why the Middle Ages Matter Now
Hosted by Humanities NOW Time: September 11 | 5:30pm Location: Wisconsin Historical Society | 816 State Street Fee: Free! Featuring panelists Ahmed Abdelazim, Samuel England, Martin Foys, Elizabeth Lapina, Brenda Plummer, Jennifer Pruitt, this panel is all …
September 5, 2019CRGC Director Dr. Ulrich Rosenhagen: Campus Reconstruction Projects
The Center of Religion and Global Citizenry’s director Dr. Ulrich Rosenhagen was featured in a Daily Cardinal article about recent campus reconstruction projects.
July 6, 2019Sister Toni Ann Palermo to be on National TV
The Center for Religion and Global Citizenry’s Interfaith Panelist Sr. Toni Ann Palermo will be featured on ABC’s To Tell the Truth gameshow at 9:00 pm CT on Sunday, July 14th. We were excited and honored …
June 12, 2019Statement on Recent Religious Violence
We are again in mourning, this time for the death of one Jewish worshiper and the injuries of several others at the hands of a white supremacist attacker. Chabad synagogue was observing the last day …
May 6, 2019- More The Center in the News posts