Muslims and Jews in America

Preface; Congressman K.Ellison Introduction; R.Aslan PART I: CASE EXAMPLES: LESSONS LEARNED? You Can't Handle the Truth...or Maybe You Can; Rabbi B.Hirschfield Who Put Hate in my Sunday Paper: Uncovering the Israeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the 'Obsession' DVD; O.Safi Children of Abraham in Dialogue; Rabbi A.Eilberg The Khalil Gibran International Academy - Lessons Learned?; D.Almontaser PART II: IDENTITY FORMATION: MUSLIMS, JEWS, AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Evolving from Muslims in America to American Muslims: A Shared Trajectory with the American Jewish Community; I.F.Abdul Rauf The War of Words: Jews, Muslims, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on American University Campuses; A.J.Hahn Tapper   Muslims, Jews, and Religious Visibility on American College Campuses; T.Zaman J Street and Current Directions in American Muslim-Jewish Dialogue; H.Ellenson  & Rabbi D.Ellenson PART III: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN REACHING ACROSS THE DIVIDE Introduction to Speeches by Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Dr. Ingrid Mattson; S.Syeed Inaugural Address at the 44th Convention of the Islamic Society of North America; Rabbi E.Yoffie Address at the 69th Conference of the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism; I.Mattson Integration or Separation: The Relationship between Iranian Jewish and Iranian Muslim Communities in Los Angeles; S.Soomekh Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim-Jewish Peacemaking in America; S.Al-Marayati PART IV: TOWARD THE FUTURE: NEW MODELS IN JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS Beyond Sarah and Hagar: Jewish and Muslim Reflections on Feminist Theology; A.Hidayatullah & J.Plaskow Status Quo vs. Solution: A Middle East Playbook; E.Patel Sacred Text Study as Dialogue between Muslims and Jews; R.Firestone & H.Farrag American Jews and American Muslims of Love; Rabbi M.Lerner Afterword; P.A.Geffen