with Steve Garten and Mohamad Jebara
Judaism and Islam look at stories that find origins in Torah and Koran. Rabbi Steven Garten and Imam Mohamad Jebara two descendants of Abraham examine stories from different sides of the family tree.
Steven Garten is currently co-chair of the Ottawa Christian Jewish Dialogue, Director of the Florence Melton Adult Jewish Learning Institute, and Director of OCDSB Spiritual Care in Secondary Schools programme. Garten served at Temple Israel for 19 years and was integral in expanding the Temple’s outreach to unaffiliated Jews and social justice activities. He worked to strengthen interfaith dialogue with Christian and Muslim communities. Rabbi Garten’s has participated in an earlier Limmud and remains as a Limmud advisor.
Mohamad Jebara serves as Chief Imam and Resident Scholar at the Cordova Spiritual Education Center. He promotes social responsibility and universal values, through the Cordova Center he seeks to establish love, harmony, friendship, and understanding through interfaith/intercultural outreach. He has authored 103 academic books, lectured at many universities around the world, and is an avid cyclist.
