Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia Travels to the Middle East
Trip participants gather for orientation with our tour leaders. The Interfaith Center, founded in 2004 to help Philadelphia be a model for inter-religious cooperation, is sponsoring a trip to the Mideast for prominent leaders of our region from October 8 -18, 2015. Co-led by Rabbi David Straus, Co-Convener of the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia, S.A. Ibrahim, C.E.O. of Radian, Inc. and The Very Reverend Judith Sullivan, Interfaith Center Board Chair , this customized boutique trip will take us to Turkey, Israel and the West Bank. While there, we will meet with Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders and other opinion molders. We will visit the cultural and religious sites that ground critical sources of wisdom and heritage, roots of our common humanity. A special feature of our trip will include “dialogue through music”, led by Philadelphia world class musicians, Udi Bar David and Hanna Khoury. There is probably no region in ...