Exhibit Features Dialogue Between Religions in South County
…"Piece Process 3" is a traveling art exhibit featuring the work of a dozen artists, Israeli and Palestinian, Jewish and Arab, committed to exhibiting work which explores the Middle Eastern conflict and prospects for peace.
A series of seven Sunday afternoon forums, "The Art of Peace: Dialogues for Change," is being held in the library, surrounded by these stunning images. Sponsors are Gavilan College, the South Valley Islamic Community and Congregation Emeth, South Valley's Jewish Community.
Last Sunday's session featured a dialogue between Rabbi Yitzhak Miller and Imam Ilyas Anwar on the topic "Islam and Judaism: An Exploration of the Sacred Shared." The evening started with the clergy telling a story as found in their respective scriptures: Abraham following God's command to travel to a mountain and sacrifice his son. Although the plot of each story is similar, the audience soon noticed some significant differences between the accounts. For example, the Jewish Torah (and Christian Old Testament) feature a son named Isaac, while the Muslim Koran is about a son named Ishmael, who gives his approval to his own potential slaying.
Another particularly informative part of the discussion compared and contrasted the "Five Pillars of Islam" with the "Three-cornered Stool of Judaism." There was a good deal of similarity between these two statements of the faiths' essentials…But differences exist, too…
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