Monthly Archives: April 2005

Interfaith Dialog vs. Cross-Examination

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Gabor

IslamOnline.net posted an edited interview with Merhrezia Al-Obeidi, a French Muslim about the nature of interfaith dialog. She believes in it as an Islamic principle, but says “When I attend seminars I feel as if I’m being cross-examined by police.” … Continue reading →

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GSS5 – Library sciences

Posted on April 22, 2005 by Gabor

I started to look into the Librarian programs. A good resource: Become A Librarian I downloaded the list of programs accredited by the American Library Association. In the first round I liked these: SJSU Indiana Rutgers U of NC at … Continue reading →

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GSS3 – Sociology

Posted on April 19, 2005 by Gabor

I looked through the faculty lists of the Sociology grad schools and narrowed down my list to these 8 places. Next step will be to look into the atcual programs. Not today. BTW: The links lead directly to the faculty … Continue reading →

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GSS2 – Academic career/Librarian

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Gabor

In an online forum somebody asked me: Do you want an academic career? The answer is yes and no. On one hand I enjoy studying. I would love to spend a few more years and get a PhD. On the … Continue reading →

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Beware of God

Posted on April 10, 2005 by Gabor

I learned from this Jerusalem Post review about Shalom Auslander’s collection of stories Beware Of God: Stories. I was hesitating to include it here, but why not. Here is the relevant part of the review that qualifies the book for … Continue reading →

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Video of/by The Jewish-Arab Center for Peace

Posted on April 9, 2005 by Gabor

Givat Haviva, The Jewish-Arab Center for Peace posted a new video (13 minutes, 49 MB, WMV format) about the work of the center. It includes some fantastic video clips and interviews with some staff members. Here is the opening of … Continue reading →

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Muslims And Jews: One Nation Under God?

Posted on April 7, 2005 by Gabor

Hesham Hassaballa shared his views on alt.muslim under the article titled as this entry. His byline was: I lament the tension between Muslims and Jews. It makes so much sense for the two faith communities to be very close to … Continue reading →

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Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on April 1, 2005 by Gabor

For this entry I’ll go a bit out of the usual scope of this blog (Jewish Muslim relations.) Hillary Clinton and John Kerry cosponsored a bill titled Workplace Religious Freedom Act. Its aim is to guarantee the right to religious … Continue reading →

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