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Faith, Justice and Pluralistic Futures: UW Madison’s First Interfaith  Bioethics Conference 

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By Mia McCauley, Student Intern  As science continues to advance, the moral questions surrounding medicine have never been more significant. This February, UW–Madison students seek to answer these questions through a two-day bioethics conference. The conference brings together students, clinicians, religious leaders, and bioethicists to examine how faith, spiritual traditions, and secular ethics shape health …

‘We have to hold hope.’ How Jewish-Palestinian families cope

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https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/1108/We-have-to-hold-hope.-How-Jewish-Palestinian-families-cope

The Power and Promise of Nonviolent Action with Dr. Maria J. Stephan

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The Center for Interfaith Dialogue along with the Interfaith Peace Working Group and UW–Madison’s Nonviolence Project welcomed Dr. Maria J. Stephan for a talk on the relevance of nonviolence as an effective way to address political crisis. The talk and student response considered questions like the relationship between nonviolence and communities of faith, as well …

Center for Interfaith Dialogue Open House

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In November, the Center for Interfaith Dialogue staff and interfaith fellows hosted an Open House to welcome students, faculty, staff, and campus faith leaders to our new space in 315 Pyle Center. We heard from the Dean of Students Christina Olstad, as well as the Center’s director, Dr. Ulrich Rosenhagen, about the mission of the …

UW-Madison Faith Leaders Call for Humility – not Hate – when exercising our First Amendment Right to Speak about Israel-Palestine

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We, the members of the Center for Interfaith Dialogue’s Faith Advisory Council at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have something to say about the power of speech to create both benefit and harm. At this moment, we are most concerned about current events surrounding the socially and politically divisive topic of Israel-Palestine, but our words apply to …

Former White House speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaks about finding her Judaism, writing her novel

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