Information Session: Interfaith Trip to Spain with Rabbi Davidson and Dr. Cady
Join us on Monday, February 9th at 6:30 pm if you are interested in attending an interfaith trip to Spain with Rabbi Joshua Davidson and Dr. Alyssa Cady in partnership with Peace Islands Institute of New York and St. Ignatius Loyola later this year from October 10-18th. In this information session, our speakers will share from their experiences of traveling to Spain last year and discuss the warmth of Spanish culture, delving into its shared experience of Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic history and visits to important cultural, historical and spiritual centers of Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Seville and Granada. Our speakers will also cover the trip itinerary, details of accommodation, transport, food, and costs.
For more information about the trip, click here.
To register for the Interfaith Trip to Spain, we kindly ask that you contact Peace Islands Institute of New York by emailing: info@peaceislandsny.org.
To register for the information session, we kindly ask that you contact Center for Interfaith Dialogue by emailing: interfaith@emanuelnyc.org.
More About Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson, Peter and Mary Kalikow Senior Rabbinic Chair, Temple Emanu-El
Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson began his tenure as Temple Emanu-El’s senior rabbi in 2013. A graduate of Princeton University and ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion – from which he also received Master’s and honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees – Rabbi Davidson is a member of the Hebrew Union College Board of Governors, HUC’s President’s Rabbinic Council, the Clergy Advisory Board of Interfaith Impact of New York State, and the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council.
His articles have been published by The Jewish Week, The Forward, Commentary Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, CNN, and many others; and he is a contributing writer in Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman’s Prayers of Awe series.
More About Dr. Alyssa Cady, Director, Center for Interfaith Dialogue, Temple Emanu-El
Dr. Alyssa Cady joins Temple Emanu-El from New York University, where she worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies. She completed her PhD in Religion at Princeton University in 2022, received her Master’s in Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2016, completed her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics at the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, and received her Bachelor’s in Classical Archaeology from Macalester College in 2012. Dr. Cady is a scholar of Classics, Near Eastern Studies and Late Antiquity focusing on material culture, literature, and intellectual history. Her research interests include the rise of the cult of saints in early Christianity, Jewish-Christian relations in the late Roman Empire, and the study of Jewish and Christian art and architecture.
Throughout her time in academia, Dr. Cady has been passionately engaged in education non-profit work. In 2013, she served as a paraprofessional with students with disabilities at Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul, MN. During her time in the Twin Cities, she also spent several years teaching for TRiO Upward Bound. While in her doctoral studies, Dr. Cady acted as co-director of a residential arts program known as the Edwards Collective, as well as serving as a Residential Graduate Student for Mathey College.
As the director of the Center for Interfaith Dialogue, Dr. Cady dedicates herself to organizing interfaith dialogue groups and scholarly colloquia, planning meditation retreats in the Catskills, and lecturing on religious traditions from both past and present. Dr. Cady hails from the rainy woods of Portland, Oregon, where she spent her time hiking, caffeinating, and curling up with a good book. After long stints in Minnesota and New Jersey, Dr. Cady has relocated to New York where she has explored the hustle and bustle of the city, as well as the highs and lows of being a burgeoning Mets fan. She is thrilled to be a part of such a lively and welcoming community, and looks forward to building the Center for Interfaith Dialogue for years to come.
More Emre Celik, Executive Director, Peace Islands New York
Emre Celik currently serves as the Executive Director of Peace Islands New York based in Manhattan. Previously he was president of Rumi Forum Washington DC (2009-2019). Since 2016 he has been the Chairman of the International Festival of Language and Culture, an advisor to Northeast Islamic Community Center and was recently appointed UTS Alumni Ambassador for New York.
Mr. Celik is pursuing a PhD in Islamic Studies and was a research associate at Georgetown University (2017-2019). He has spoken at Harvard, Georgetown, American and George Washington universities among others. He has been interviewed by the NY Times, Washington Post and other media outlets.
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