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Women's Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit (WISDOM)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 22 April 2010.

Contact Information

Address: PO Box 525, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Email: wisdom@interfaithwisdom.org
Website: http://www.interfaithwisdom.org http://www.friendshipandfaith.com

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History of WISDOM

During the summer of 2006, violence erupted in the Middle East. In Metropolitan Detroit, the war raging between Israel and Hezbollah caused tensions to rise between local Muslim and Jewish...

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Statement from W&M President Gene R. Nichol

February 28, 2007

Author: Gene R. Nichol

Source: Daily Press

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-nicholstatement.f28,0,6698601.story?track=mostemailedlink

Gene R. Nichol, president of the College of William and Mary, issued the following statement:

I am heartsick to learn of this decision. It represents a serious setback to the College. And while I know it is intended to make a policy statement, ultimately it...

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Camp Uses American Indian Traditions to Help Soldiers Heal

February 26, 2007

Author: Cindy V. Culp

Source: Waco Tribune-Herald

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/26/02262007wacphoenixproject.html

For decades, Richard Thompson has struggled with an injury he received during Marine Corps training.

But the Gholson resident doesn’t dwell on the loss of most of the hearing in his left ear. Instead, he is troubled that the resulting medical discharge...

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Iran President Open to Talks with U.S., Religious Leaders Told

February 26, 2007

Source: National Council of Churches Press Release

http://www.ncccusa.org/news/070226iranopen.html

Washington, D.C., February 26, 2007 – The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told a delegation of American religious leaders visiting Tehran last Saturday that he is willing to engage in talks with the United States government.

"I have no reservation about conducting talks with American officials if we see some good will," President Ahmadinejad was quoted as...

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Officials Close Jailhouse Door to Buddhist Chaplain

February 26, 2007

Author: CASEY CORA

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/26/Tampabay/Officials_close_jailh.shtml

Buddhist chaplain Frank Tedesco has instructed murderers to "feel the cool air over the tip of their nose."

He has counseled drug dealers while they "followed their breath" during guided meditations. And by the dozens, inmates at the Pinellas County Jail requested his Saturday afternoon services and...

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Religion an Unanticipated Visitor to China for Olympic Games

February 25, 2007

Author: Bettye Wells Miller

Source: The Press-Enterprise

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_olympics26.1a090af.html

When Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles visited Beijing last year, he posed a question that stumped his Chinese hosts: Have you considered the religious practices of athletes, officials and visitors attending the 2008 Olympic Games?

The answer was "No," Zhong Jianhua,...

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Shiva Honored with Programs at Local Temples

February 25, 2007

Author: LISA BOLIVAR

Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/471/story/21612.html

February is Hindu Heritage Month, and South Florida Hindus wasted no chance to celebrate their culture and faith with a series of programs at different temples throughout Broward.

The Maha Shivaratri, or Lord Shiva Festival, was observed Feb. 16 at the South Florida Hindu Temple and at the Shiva Vishnu Temple, both in Southwest Ranches. Devotees...

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Religious leaders Want to be Part of the Solution

February 25, 2007

Source: Middle East Online

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19748

NEW YORK - An historic event took place in New Delhi, February 5-7, 2007, when a delegation of senior rabbis from Israel and other countries met top Hindu leaders for the first time to discuss a range of subjects including the relevance of tradition in everyday life, similarities and dissimilarities between the two religions and the promotion of education. They affirmed their shared values,...

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Exploring Art of the Faithful

February 24, 2007

Author: JUSTIN ELLIS

Source: Portland Press Herald

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/religion/stories/070224religion.html

The religious influence is obvious in such works of art as Leonardo DaVinci's "The Last Supper," Michelangelo's frescoes at the Sistine Chapel or any number of the Renaissance-period pieces depicting Madonna and Child.

But outside the clear iconography of certain religious traditions, how is art...

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Holy Missteps

February 24, 2007

Author: Pamela Miller

Source: Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/614/story/1022076.html

While growing up in Vermont, Sabrina Rood attended a Congregational church and did not know many Catholics. So when she moved to Minnesota and began taking psychology classes at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, she learned some things that weren't in the textbook.

One winter's day she got to class early and was reading when the first two...

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Hindu Chaplain Installed At University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

February 22, 2007

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/2/22.shtml#4

DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, February 20, 2007: In one of the unique events that took place in the history of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Swami Yogatmananda was installed as the Hindu Chaplain of the University, amongst the invocations to the beholder of the universe, chanting of peace mantra for the planet and echoes of conch blowing. The installation ceremony was graced by Dr....

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