Please circulate this email to contacts in your community and around the world. We are searching for 18 exceptional young people (nine Muslims & nine Jews) from eighteen different countries between the ages of 16-18 to participate in an historic project. Together, they will create an unprecedented Muslim-Jewish Relations Guidebook to Mutual Discovery. It will be distributed to Jewish and Muslim communities all over the world at the end of 2006.
We need your help to get this information/application into the hands of the 16-18 year-olds in your communities. Applications are due no later than January 20th.
Applicants must be:
- highly motivated - prepared to engage with the project via the Internet on a daily basis for four months - feel comfortable communicating in basic written English with other mostly non-native speakers - have access to a camera and a willingness to explore their religious community through photography - knowledgable about their own religious tradition and comfortable serving as a peer educator to those from the other community - willing to serve as an ambassador for Muslim-Jewish relations both in their own community and abroad
Please be in touch with us directly if you have any questions and thank you for forwarding this email to the right people.
Sincerely, Eli Epstein, Chairman Gul Rukh Rahman, Co-Executive Director Ari Alexander, Co-Executive Director Houda Abadi, Director of Education Irfan Syed, Director of Development
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Le programme Discovery est une confrence intensive en ligne de quatre mois. Discovery se presente comme une plateforme ducative destine aux jeunes musulmans et juifs en les rassemblant pour examiner leur courant et tisser des relations entre eux.
Les jeunes du monde entier sont ainsi encourags a engager des discussions provocantes sur des themes comme la religion, le dbat politique et le conflit arabo-isralien et ses effets sur les relations entre juifs et musulmans. Le programme est galement un forum ouvert pour accueillir des analyses critiques sur les diffrentes formes des mdias et leurs impacts sur les deux communauts. Discovery est donc un programme qui cre des opportunits et possibilits pour apprendre et connatre l'autre dans un dbat bas sur la comprhension des cultures et des traditions rciproques et permet d'explorer les ressemblances entre les deux communauts.
A travers la notion de une image vaut plus de mille mots , les participants dcouvrent galement leurs valeurs spirituelles partages par la photographie et les discussions provocantes et les penses. Chaque groupe du programme se compose de dix-huit tudiants, 9 musulmans et de 9 juifs, qui sont choisis au sein meme des deux communauts a travers le monde. Ils sont invits a prendre des photos sur les thmatiques juives et musulmanes, les symboles, les rituels et les ftes. Ces photos servent d'outils visuels puissants et spirituels que les deux groupes peuvent explorer et reflchir sur beaucoup de sujets considrs comme tabou. la fin de ce travail, les deux groupes choisissent les photos qui seront regroups dans un recueil et serviront comme un outil ducatif dans les coles musulmanes et juives a travers le monde. Cet essai de photos porte la signature de tous les participants par la prsence de leurs photos respectives et par les compilations qu'ils ont choisi a partir de thmatiques locales ou globales.
Les objectifs de ces quatre mois de sminaires sont :
1. devenir le leader dans le dialogue entre jeunes juifs et musulman 2. Dcouvrir les courants thologiques et culturels et les pratiques des deux communauts 3. Favoriser une interaction entre jeunes musulmans et juifs dans le monde en instaurant une culture de respect base sur la connaissance et la comprhension de chacun. 4. Devenir le pionnier dans l'exploration des traditions juives et musulmanes et briser le mur de la mfiance, la haine et la rivalit 5. Construire une plateforme crative et pratique pour installer la paix et le dialogue entre les deux communauts. -----------------------------
APPLICATION APPLICATION APPLICATION APPLICATION
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APPLICATION FORM
Please email your completed application to [email protected] OR fax it to (+1) 718-237-8765 no later than Jan. 20.
***The Actual Discovery Program starts on February 6th 2006. ***
Please include a photograph of yourself as an email attachment along with the following information:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date and Place of Birth: --------------------------------------------------
Most students applying to be part of the Discovery Program do not speak English as their first language. However, since we are an international group in need of a common language, we will primarily communicate with one another in English. Do not worry about writing your answers in high quality English. Most of you are in the same situation. Selections will be made based your ideas and enthusiasm, and not according to grammar ?
1) Do you have daily access to the Internet??
2) What is your Instant Messenger username?
3) How exactly did you first hear about Children of Abraham?
4) Please list briefly your hobbies and interests?
5) What encounters, if any, have you had with people whose religious beliefs differ from your own? Have you participated in interfaith or intercultural programs?
6) There will be around nine students from your religion selected from the entire world, tell us why you believe one of them should be from your community?
7) If you are a Muslim, how do you identify yourself? Please circle the one that is the most appropriate.
Very Liberal Liberal Moderate Conservative Very Conservative Traditional
If you are a Jew, how do you identify yourself? Please circle the one that is most appropriate.
Conservative Modern Orthodox Reform Reconstructionist Charedi Atheist Chasidic
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Please answer any two of the following questions in 300-400 words.
You are encouraged to be honest and creative. There are no right or wrong answers, so it is important to be yourself.
1. Please read carefully the following: " Do not say I follow the one true path of the Spirit, but rather I have found the spirit walking on my path. For the spirit walks on all paths" Khalil Gibran
Please explain your reaction to this statement?
2. What are your fears and challenges in participating in a Jewish and Muslim Interfaith Educational Seminar? How would you respond to these fears?
3. Why do you want to be a Children of Abraham Intern? Why is important to you to be part of this project and why is the mission of Children of Abraham important in the modern world?
------------------------------------------------- Houda Abadi Director of Education Children of Abraham [email protected] www.children-of-abraham.org
Modifié 1 fois. Dernière modification le 14/12/05 23:29 par houdarose.
ouriaghel a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > we don't need any relationship between us an > them....we haven' t to proove that we can live > together...we know it...but in order to make it > possible, we want to take back our holy > land...there was no problem when we were those who > control it...as long as they don't give it back to > us, we will fight them until their > destruction........
come on ... he's not talking about israeli ... he's talking about jews!!!! the prophet (saws) married a jewish woman!! why not to live in harmony with jews??? we must be nice with people who didn t do anything against us ... dont get mixed up, jews and israeli are different. i do think that. i agree with you if you were talking about israeli, they are stealers of land, killers of muslims ... so no peace with them till palestinians get their land. sionists are also our enemies, but there are jews non sionist, and with that people, we must be nice.
don't play the game of israel that want all jews of the world as israeli people
quand le sage designe la lune, l'idiot regarde le doigt (lue sur le forum)
amine69 a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > ouriaghel a écrit: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > we don't need any relationship between us an > > them....we haven' t to proove that we can > live > > together...we know it...but in order to make > it > > possible, we want to take back our holy > > land...there was no problem when we were > those who > > control it...as long as they don't give it > back to > > us, we will fight them until their > > destruction........ > > > come on ... he's not talking about israeli ... > he's talking about jews!!!! the prophet (saws) > married a jewish woman!! why not to live in > harmony with jews??? we must be nice with people > who didn t do anything against us ... > dont get mixed up, jews and israeli are different. > i do think that. i agree with you if you were > talking about israeli, they are stealers of land, > killers of muslims ... so no peace with them till > palestinians get their land. > sionists are also our enemies, but there are jews > non sionist, and with that people, we must be > nice. > > don't play the game of israel that want all jews > of the world as israeli people > > pas d'insultes, d'attaques, plus de respect de > l'avis d'autrui, et le forum ne s'en portera que > mieux ...
i agree on the fact that jews are not especially sionists...but look at the title...they talk as both parts are responsible of today situation and WE ALL HAVE TO DO THE EFFORT....nowedays there is one victim and ONE KILLER...they want to show us like even powerfuly enemies and in that case, Israel (jews for me) only acts like as a normal war actor and not like the attacker....the jews are the only one' s who have to do the effort and i translate it by leaving our lands.....
We are an NGO that is supported by both Muslims and Jews- not Isrealis... Our funding also is half muslim as well as our staff. Jew does not mean zionist or coming from Isreal. Look for example at how many jews there are in Morocco. Does that mean we can not work with them or talk to them just because they are Jews?? How about the prophet (PBUH) when he worked and dealt with christains and Jews daily. What about tolerance in our religion?? salam
amine69 a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > ouriaghel a écrit: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > and what about the qur'an which warn us of > jews > > and christians??? > > > and which asks us to be nice with them? > aren't we???? moreover; a little too much for me.....
ouriaghel a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > amine69 a écrit: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ouriaghel a écrit: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > and what about the qur'an which warn us > of > > jews > > > and christians??? > > > > > > and which asks us to be nice with them? > > > aren't we???? moreover; a little too much > for me..... >
unfortunately, not all of us ... and i think such projects can help to know jews a bit better instead of keeping our closed ideas ...
can u tell me what is too much for you?
quand le sage designe la lune, l'idiot regarde le doigt (lue sur le forum)
we are giving a platform where Muslims and Jews are able to talk to the other. I know that this is not too popular but we need to be able to at least hear what the other says , so we do not run into the mistake of generalizing. Unfortunately, we have one negative perception and we can not even get out of our comfortable zone to hear what the other has to say. We need to learn to listen and let our minds discover new things. Who is killing us?? Don't you think you are generalizing?
ouriaghel a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > they steal our lands , they kill us and we still > try to get peace...... aren' t we too nice???.....
israeli yes, zionists yes, jews no ... you re getting mixed up man!! you should review your position on jews ... we lived with them for centuries without any problem, let's continue like that, let's give to the world the good exemple, but let's never forget what is suffuring palestinians and let's defend our right
quand le sage designe la lune, l'idiot regarde le doigt (lue sur le forum)
it's always this argument that "the peace and love people" want us to believe.......but is it true????
even their peace 'men are no more than butchers....remember Isaac rabin...... if those are their pacifists ones...please keep them home.......
here, you try to make me understand,jewish don't mean zionist....and not israelien too......
but why do you need such an experiment???....the jews around the world aren't a problem for us.....it's you , the one who mix everything.......There is only ONE problem between us......It's Israel........
ouriaghel a écrit: ------------------------------------------------------- > it's always this argument that "the peace and love > people" want us to believe.......but is it > true???? > > even their peace 'men are no more than > butchers....remember Isaac rabin...... > if those are their pacifists ones...please keep > them home....... > > here, you try to make me understand,jewish don't > mean zionist....and not israelien too...... > > but why do you need such an experiment???....the > jews around the world aren't a problem for > us.....it's you , the one who mix > everything.......There is only ONE problem between > us......It's Israel........
once again you talk about israel since i m talking about jews ... always the argument of israel ... we can't continue talking without hearing the other's argument ... well, it's your opinion, and i have mine
quand le sage designe la lune, l'idiot regarde le doigt (lue sur le forum)
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