The GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program is pleased to announce summer research grants ranging from $250 to $1000 to support GTU students working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam. These grants were made possible through the generosity of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, which has supported the Madrasa-Midrasha Program since its inception in 2008.
The GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program is pleased to announce summer research grants to support GTU students and scholars working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam. Grants will range from $250 to $500 for individual projects and $500 to $1000 for joint projects, which are strongly encouraged. These grants were made possible through the generocity of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, which has supported the Madrasa-Midrasha Program since its inception in 2008.
Congratulations to GTU student Aya Baron, who has been awarded a prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship to pursue rabbinical studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Baron is currently earning her MA in association with our Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies.
As an interreligious team leading the GTU’s women’s studies in religion seminar, Mahjabeen Dhala and Sheryl Johnson illustrate what solidarity across difference can look like.
Our new president shares thoughts on interreligious education, diversity within community, and the mix of scholarship and religious commitment that makes the GTU unique. From the Fall 2018 Issue of Skylight.
Bill Zangeneh-Lester and other GTU students and alumni are working to expand religious understanding among the diverse populations at a local community college.