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...African Sunni scholars, who included his father. Magid immigrated to the U.S. in 1987, when his ailing father came seeking medical treatment. Unlike many foreign imams, who find America's open society too jolting and withdraw to their mosques, he reveled in the cultural diversity. "I never had a Jewish friend until I came to the U.S.," says the gregarious imam. "And the questioning of all religions here helped me strengthen my own beliefs...
...Magid became imam of a mosque just west of Washington called ADAMS, an acronym for All Dulles Area Muslim Society. An imam can be a layman sufficiently versed in the Koran to lead daily prayers, but larger, more established mosques hire professional imams, comparable to Christian ministers or Jewish rabbis, who are trained in Islamic seminaries or mentored by scholars...
...lighthearted roast that included testimonials from singer Carly Simon, President Bill Clinton and “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David, the Jewish National Fund honored Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz for his legal acumen and “unshakable” advocacy for Israel. In a video prepared for the event last Thursday, David kicked off the ceremony by recounting a Martha’s Vineyard poker party last summer in which Dershowitz was unable to distinguish between a straight and a flush. “I’m sorry to burst your bubble...
...overarching religious themes—forgiveness and faith—it prevents the audience from wholly identifying with the two-dimensional Orthodox characters. The director’s blatant stereotyping of the “bad” non-Orthodox guests and the “good” Jewish Basangas seems over moralizing and detracts from the characters’ believability. When one exits the theatre, the religious maxims continue to echo, but the characters’ emotions remain as distant as at the opening credits. The film informs a Western audience on the teachings of Orthodox Judaism...
...earthquake in South Asia. Attendees were greeted by a large screen with a slide show of the devastation in Kashmir, including the individual faces of those affected by the earthquake. The service was an interfaith gathering with readings from the sacred traditions of the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim faiths, which were followed by a song and speakers. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, was one of the speakers at the event. Khwaja expressed concern not only for the victims of the catastrophe but also for those who thought attending...