November 16th WISDOM sponsors speaker at the Jewish Community Center Book Fair

Dear WISDOM Sisters:



This is a reminder of the upcoming WISDOM sponsored Jewish Community Center’s Book Fair event featuring interfaith activist Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on November 16th at 8:15 PM. Rabbi Hirschfield’s book is entitled You Don’t Have to Be Wrong, for Me to Be Right. Rabbi Hirschfield will be introduced by Imam Achmat Salie from the Muslim Unity Center in Bloomfield Hills. The address of the Jewish Community Center is 6600 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield 48322. The Jewish Community Center is located at the intersection of Maple and Drake Roads. The phone number at the JCC is 248-661-1000. This event is free and open to the public.



Along with WISDOM, the other co-sponsors of this event are Pathways to Peace Foundation, the American Jewish Committee, and the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion. Rabbi Hirschfield seeks to build bridges among people of different faiths – and those with no faith at all. He is devoted to teaching inclusiveness, celebrating diversity, and delivering a message of acceptance. His book provides a pragmatic path to peace, understanding, and hope that appeals to the common wisdom of all religions. Rabbi Hirschfield addresses:



- the ways faith has many faces

- how justice can coexist with forgiveness and mercy

- how unity does not necessitate uniformity

- the ways we can learn to disagree without disconnecting.



At last year’s book fair WISDOM sponsored the three authors of The Faith Club. We hope that this year’s interfaith presentation at the Jewish Community Center’s Book Fair will be as well attended by our interfaith community!! (Last year’s event attracted over 600 people!!) Please mark your calendar for a wonderful, stimulating interfaith evening.



Gail Katz

WISDOM President


Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
Author of:
You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right
“A wise and important story, engagingly told. I hope everyone, from the most
piously committed to the most militantly atheist, reads it and absorbs its
lessons.” – Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
“Brad Hirschfield brings a unique understanding – forged in years of theological
study and personal interreligious dialogues – of where so many great faiths have
gone wrong…” – Joseph Telushkin
Orthodox Rabbi, and former activist in the West Bank, Rabbi Hirschfield has
a bright outlook on life and diversity. He shares his personal experiences
and applies them to Jewish text, and the knowledge he communicates is
appropriate for those of all religions. You Don’t Have to be Wrong for Me to
be Right ultimately provides a realistic approach to peace, harmony and
acceptance.
Rabbi Hirschfield was listed in Newsweek as one
of America’s Top 50 Rabbis. Currently, he is
President of The National Jewish Center for
Learning and Leadership (CLAL).
Sunday, November 16, 2008 ● 8:15 p.m.
Free of charge
Co-sponsored By:
Pathways to Peace Foundation, American Jewish Committee, WISDOM, Muslim Unity Center, and SAFE For All Seasons