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Building Bridges To PeacE - Building Bridges Togetherâ„¢ Third Quarter 2025 Report
Dear Friends, Buried deep in the Gaza Peace Proposal is the following paragraph: An interfaith dialogue process will be established based...
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Oct 72 min read
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Bridging Faiths and Building Hope – Building Bridges Together™ Second Quarter 2025 Update
Dear Friends, Building Bridges Togetherâ„¢ (BBT) has continued to pursue trust and relationships among Christians, Jews and Muslims during...
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Aug 132 min read
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Loving our Neighbors as ourselves today
Loving Our Neighbors Around the World On Easter Monday the world learned that Pope Francis had died. A champion of interfaith relations...
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Apr 285 min read
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The Value of Sharing Stories
Magical Crescent Moon A week ago, I was driving on a freeway in the East Bay late at night and glanced over the San Francisco Bay at a...
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Dec 10, 20244 min read
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The Power of Bridge Building
On Wednesday November 13, my husband Bob and I gathered with more than 200 people at a local Episcopal Church in Los Altos California to...
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Nov 16, 20245 min read
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Taking A Leap of Faith
My husband and I recently led an instructional Seder for Christians at my Episcopal Church. We were joined by several Jews from our...
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Apr 15, 20244 min read
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Sharing Blessings of Peace
This is Holy Week for Christians, a time to learn again about Christ’s Passion, from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem along a path...
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Mar 25, 20243 min read
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Creating Hope In A Fractured World: 2023 Year End Report
Over the last few months, we have been asked more frequently about our work in promoting interfaith dialogue. People want to know if...
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Dec 9, 20233 min read
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Being Human
The tragic events in Israel and Gaza, begun by the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas, have brought ideologies of hate to the fore across...
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Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Peacemaking and Pluralism - What's Love Got To Do With It?
My husband Bob and I are just back from the Parliament of World Religions, held in Chicago August 14-18, 2023. I have been processing all...
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Aug 29, 20238 min read
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Encountering the Holy
When my younger son was studying philosophy in his early college days, he was home for a visit. One morning, while we were standing in...
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Feb 20, 20235 min read
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Celebrating Our Light-filled Holidays Together
Our December this year was filled with light! First, we were surrounded by family and friends. We welcomed my twin brother from Ohio for...
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Dec 30, 20224 min read
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Making Space For One Another
My husband and I were lucky enough to travel extensively in Spain in September 2022. This trip had been postponed twice due to the...
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Nov 10, 20224 min read
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Bridging Across Race
My husband and I spend much of our time thinking about ways to bridge across different religions, especially among the three Abrahamic...
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Aug 28, 20222 min read
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My Interfaith Journey
I am sharing my essay just published today in the Union for Reformed Judaism's monthly newsletter Inside Leadership :...
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Aug 10, 20221 min read
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The Value of Belonging
I just celebrated a birthday – not a milestone, but nonetheless a not-so-subtle reminder that I am getting older. My thoughts drifted...
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May 30, 20226 min read
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Walking The Narrow Bridge
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) has a famous saying: “All the world is a very narrow bridge, and the most important thing is not to...
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May 4, 20225 min read
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The Power of Stories
Memory is a tricky thing – how do we keep memories alive? In Torah Study a few years ago we were studying Passover and the Exodus from...
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Apr 20, 20225 min read
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Bridging Through The Holiest Time of The Year
This week brings Holy Week, which is officially the craziest week in the year for me and our family! Later this week, I will have the...
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Apr 11, 20226 min read
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