Edinburgh City Chambers played host to a very special event marking 30 years of the Edinburgh Interfaith Association (EIFA) this week (writes Puneet Dwivedi). Continue reading Edinburgh Interfaith Association celebrates thirty years
Tag: Interfaith Week
Scottish Interfaith Week: 22 – 30 November
Making a difference through dialogue
Yesterday saw the launch of Scottish Interfaith Week at Edinburgh’s Our Dynamic Earth.
Organised by Interfaith Scotland, the week of activities provides opportunities for people from different religions and beliefs to come together to share ideas with one another on matters of religious, national and civic importance.
This year, the theme for the week is ‘Care for the Environment’ and there are lots of events taking place across the city. A full programme can be found here
What’s beng Jewish in Scotland got to do with YOU?
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities Interfaith Week Event
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What’s Being Jewish in Scotland got to do with YOU?!
SCoJeC, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, is running an event in Edinburgh as part of Interfaith Week. The event will start with a kosher lunch and introductions around the table, followed by a talk about the recent Scottish Government-funded inquiry on ‘Being Jewish in Scotland’.
This qualitative inquiry involved conversations with around 300 Jewish people all over Scotland about the experience of being Jewish in this country; what’s good about it, what’s not so good, what’s changed, whether they felt they had ever been treated differently because of being Jewish, and whether they had any recommendations or requests for the Scottish Government or other authorities which would improve their lives.
The presentation will be followed by an open conversation and discussion about the experiences of being a minority – or a majority – in Scotland. Everyone – Jewish and non-Jewish – is welcome to join in, and a kosher lunch will be served. In the spirit of Interfaith Week, we want to share the questions we asked of Scotland’s Jews with people of different minorities and with different beliefs, to see how these questions resonate with other groups.
The event will take place at
University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy, Potterow, 52 Bistro Square
on Tuesday 26 November at 1 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
All are welcome. For more information or to RSVP please contact Fiona Frank
email Fiona@scojec.org, tel 07779 206522.
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
222 Fenwick Road, Glasgow G46 6UE
tel: 07779 206522
scojec@scojec.org
