Center for Interfaith Dialogue: Speaking of the Prophets, Part Four – Adam and Eve

Join us for the fourth installment of our panel discussion series on the shared prophetic tradition in Judaism and Islam. Hear from Peace Islands’, Hakan Yesilova, and Temple Emanu-El’s, Rabbi Joshua Davidson, as they explore issues of creation, family, and exile through the figures of Adam and Eve. Catering provided.

About our Speakers

Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson

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.

Hakan Yesilova

Hakan Yesilova  is the editor of The Fountain magazine. As an editor, translator, and writer, Yesilova has contributed to a number of publications on Islam and Islamic civilization, including A Tribute to the Prophet Muhammad, Toward a Global Civilization of Love and Tolerance, and The Sacred Trusts. Yesilova has also organized international conferences on themes explored in The Fountain, such as peaceful coexistence, intercultural dialogue, media ethics, civil society, education, combating extremism and violence.