2020-2021 Report
Abrahamic House Editors
Tis The Season – Ugly Seater Party!
The fellows put on their finest “ugly” sweaters and whipped up their favorite holiday cookies on Sunday, December 18th to light candles to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah and the final Sunday of Advent! Warm cider and hot chocolate…
Triumph of Light – Yalda Mobarak!
On Wednesday, December 21, from 8:30 PM EST to 12:00 AM EST the fellows and their guests gathered to celebrate the longest night of the Persian calendar. Shabe Yalda, or Yalda night is an evening of festivities and merriment that…
Faith in Modern Media
Abrahamic House hosted a talk by Dr. Peter Herman to explore the role of religion in modern media and popular culture. Dr. Peter Herman is a former lecturer of theology and religious studies at Marymount University and a scholar of religious and…
Game Night
People from different faiths coming together to simply have fun is an act of interfaith in and of itself. This event included snacks, games, and sweet connections. Thank you to those who joined us!
World Interfaith Harmony Week
World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW), which promotes harmony between all people regardless of their faith, is an annual event observed during the first week of February. WIHW recognizes the importance of mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue for promoting a culture…
MLK and Tu B’Shvat Nature Clean-Up
Thank you for joining us for a volunteer day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We cleaned trash from the woods of Suitland Pkwy in Southeast DC in collaboration with Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, a grassroots non-profit with the mission…
#ProtectTheFacts
The Abrahamic House, in coordination with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted a virtual short film screening and discussion with Ms. Anke Popper on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Over 75 years after the end of the Second World War,…
Interfaith Perspectives on Ecology
Abrahamic House held a virtual gathering to explore what various faith traditions teach about humanity’s responsibility to care for creation. Inspired by Scriptural Reasoning, a method of comparing texts on a common theme found within different Holy Books, we compared…
Birth and Teachings of Jesus
Around Christmas, the time of Jesus’ birth, Abrahamic House hosted a gathering to explore the story of the birth and teachings of Jesus from both Muslim and Christian perspectives. We heard from Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, author of “Islam’s Jesus”, and Fr. Thomas Bonacci from the Interfaith Peace…