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• A House of Prayer | August 24 A mosque - like a church or a synagogue or an ashram - is a house of prayer.
  We need more mosques - as well as churches, synagogues and ashrams - at Ground Zero.
• Sonia Weitz, a Tree of Life | July 1 Beloved friend and colleague Sonia Weitz died on June 23, 2010, at the age of 81.  Rabbi David Klatzker's eulogy can be found here.
• Goldziher Prize Announcement now on YouTube! | June 30 Professor Mark Cohen of Princeton University is the first recipient of the Goldziher Prize for Jewish-Muslim Relations.
• Holy Envy Award | June 1 The Krister and Brita Stendahl Award for Interfaith Reverence, April 15, 2010CE. 
• Inaugural Goldziher Lecture | May 31 Professor Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth College gave the first Goldziher lecture, "Intrigued with Islam," now on YouTube. 
• Author John Kiser on Merrimack's YouTube Channel! | May 30 John Kiser's book on Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria was the subject of the 9th Annual Cassiciacum Dialogue, February 23, 2010.  Prof. George Heffernan interviewed him before the program.  You can now watch it on YouTube.
• Convivencia students depart! | May 24 Students in study-travel course SPA3750: "La Convivencia: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Medieval Spain (711-1492)" are on their way!
• Goldziher Prize Winner Announced | May 12 Professor Mark Cohen of Princeton University is the first recipient of the Goldziher Prize for Jewish-Muslim Relations.
• Goldziher Prize Winner to be announced | April 15 The winner of the $25,000 Goldziher Prize will be announced on May 11, 2010 at the Muslim American Society of Boston's Islamic cultural center.
• Rabbi Robert S. Goldstein Named "Friend of the Year" | April 14 Center Executive Board Chair, Rabbi Robert S. Goldstein, has been named this year’s “Friend of the Year” by The Friends of Merrimack College.
• Why Minor in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations? | March 1 Religious ignorance is a luxury no one can afford. Religion (like sex, money and power) is one of the great motivators of human behavior. People do amazing and horrific things all in the name of their god(s).
• Convivencia Scholarships Awarded | February 23 The Center has provided scholarships to 4 students to participate in the Moroccan Exchange Program as part of the Convivencia Study-Travel Course SPA3750.
• Annual Commemoration of Yom HaShoah | February 11 Tuesday, April 6 through Thursday, April 8, 2010CE - Remember the Holocaust
• 13th Annual Merrimack College Passover Seder | February 10 Tuesday, March 16th at 2 p.m. in Cascia Hall, Rabbi Robert Goldstein presiding
• 9th Cassiciacum Dialogue | February 8 Tuesday, February 23rd, 7:00 p.m. in Cascia Hall.  To Bring Forth Our Common Humanity Amidst Our Differences: A Discussion of  "The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria," by John Kiser.
• Annual Interfaith Prayer held January 28th | January 28 "Jews, Christians and Muslims: Together in Prayer"
• City of God 2010: Augustine on Jesus the Jew | January 27 Thursday, February 4th, 7 p.m. in Cascia Hall.  Dr. Paula Fredriksen will present this year's City of God lecture.
• Eid Mubarak 1430 AH | November 25 Eid Mubarak to our Muslim sisters and brothers!
• Announcing the New Minor in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations | November 2 Students - now is the time to declare your minor in the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations!
• Spotlight on Convivencia | October 15 The Center is providing four scholarships for students wishing to participate in the Morocco Exchange Program.  Read more about the Study-Travel Course SPA3750: "Convivencia." 
• The Algerian-Augustinian Experience and Beyond | September 24 A Conference Day:  Wednesday, October 28, 2009CE, 9am-5:30pm.    Thank you to all who came! 
• Rev. Walter Cuenin will be the 5th Bullock Memorial Lecturer | September 23 "Must Your Religion Be False for My Religion to Be True?"
  Wednesday, October 7th from 7:30-9:00pm in Cascia Hall
• Darfur Week 2009 | September 22 September 29 - October 1, 2009
• Merrimack College welcomes Congregation Beth Israel for the High Holy Days 2009/5770 | August 24 Wishing our Jewish friends a Shanah Tovah, a Good Year!
• Ramadan and the Days of Awe | August 19 Wishing our Muslim friends a Ramadan Mubarak, a blessed Ramadan.
• Goldziher Prize 2010 | March 4 Announcing the Goldziher Prize for scholarship which contributes significantly to understanding, reverence and common moral purpose between Jews and Muslims.
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