The Elijah Interfaith Institute
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| Motto | Sharing Wisdom, Fostering Peace |
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| Formation | 1997 |
| Type | NGO |
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 Jerusalem, Israel
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Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein |
| Affiliations | UNESCO |
| Website | elijah-interfaith |
Elijah Interfaith Institute is a nonprofit, international, interfaith organization which was founded by Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein in 1997. Its mission is to foster peace between the world's diverse faith communities through interfaith dialogue, education, research and dissemination. Its programming brings together world religious leaders and renowned scholars through research projects, public conferences and community-based initiatives.
The Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders brings together some of the world's most prominent religious figures from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and the Religions of India in order to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas that leads to transformation within religions and their teachings. The board represents an opportunity for these religious leaders to collectively address today's problems from within the resources of their own traditions. In 2008 a decision was made to create a Steering Committee for the Board, whereas religious leaders would take fuller ownership of the Board and undertake to plan and to enhance its activities.
The Elijah Interfaith Academy provides the institutional structure to enable scholars and teachers of different traditions to share their teaching, engage in common projects, create intellectual resources and provide a powerful symbol of interfaith cooperation. The projects undertaken by the academy deal with religion in contemporary society, providing a theological background for interfaith dialogue by creating a contemporary theology of world religions, and tackling ways in which politics affect inter-religious cooperation such as Jewish-Muslim relations.
The Educational Network, brings together local religious leadership with local intellectual and local lay leadership, as well as young adult leadership, in order to share religious wisdom, through the creation of Interreligious Study Circles and through other educational programs. It aims to serve existing interfaith organizations, local interfaith councils and local communities and congregations by providing high quality educational materials, high level facilitation and a focused and coordinated national and international study program aimed at mutual knowledge, deeper understanding and collaborative action for the common good. Its work focuses on training interreligious dialogue leaders, by providing intensive training seminars for local leaders and academics and supporting graduates of these seminars in their ongoing work in their communities. Peta Jones Pellach is Elijah’s Director of Educational Activities and has primary responsibility for supporting the Educational Network.
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