JERUSALEM: HUMANITY’S SHARED GIFT

Tue, October 10, 2023 5:30 PM at JMC Library (332 South Case Hall)

Jerusalem is sacred to the followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For centuries, the world’s different traditions have shared, fought over, built, and rebuilt the Holy City. Jerusalem is special for millions worldwide— Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians, and others—who revere it and regard it as a precious inheritance from their ancestors, spiritual or physical or both. Panelists will include three scholars—Dr. Yael Aronoff, Dr. Mohamed Ghumrawi, and Dr. Saliba Sarsar—each of whom contributed to a volume about Jerusalem’s meaning for each monotheistic religion (all three envisioned and either edited or co-edited by Dr. Sarsar). Dr. Vered Weiss, who grew up in Jerusalem and who teaches IAH courses on Jerusalem, will chair the panel. The panel will discuss the significance of Jerusalem to the various communities, its current challenges, as well as visions for how it might be shared and/or divided. These mechanisms will be presented as a path toward advancing the values of faith, justice, equality, reconciliation, and cultural heritage; promoting the city’s sacredness; as well as caring for the city as humanity’s gift.

Speakers include Dr. Mohamed K. Ghumrawi, Dr. Saliba Sarsar, and Dr. Yael Aronoff