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13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. After a long and cold winter Purim is the first holidayto start off the spring season. This is the holidaywhere Jews remember the story of Esther, her uncleMordechai, King Achashverosh and the evil Haman. There are four

6 Mar 2023: This week Professor Robert Tombs reflects on his own experiences of Lent when he wasyounger. Dear Woolf Friends,. Lent, which begins on Shrove Tuesday, 21 February,is a time for the recollection of important matters oflife and death in preparation

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. When the news of the British conquest of MountEverest came through on the same day as QueenElizabeth’s coronation, it seemed too good to betrue. But the story of how that piece of news wasmanaged and gathered is less well known

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan is coming! Ramadan is a time of the year most which Muslims eagerly look forward to. Buthow can one look forward to a month of struggle and extreme hunger? Why doMuslims indeed anticipate Ramadan with such excitement? It

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Does interfaith work? This is a question with which the Woolf Institute, andprobably too few others, wrestle. Our Measures of Success project, completedlast year, explored the tricky topic of effectiveness and produced a

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. A few years ago, the Woolf Institute conducted a research project on trustbetween religious communities. Through our work, we recognised that buildingtrust between people requires positive, but also meaningful,

8 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Last month, I had the opportunity to return to Belfastfor the first time in nearly 10 years. Having done myMA there, it is a city I once knew well; our WoolfInstitute Forgiveness and Future-building projectoffered an opportunity

9 Nov 2022: In this issue we are starting an occasional series of personalreflections about the Institute, its mission and what it means todifferent people. Between now and our 25th anniversary nextyear we will include the voices of many current and pastmembers

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. It seems our world is becoming an increasinglyunsettled place: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, globalrefugee numbers increasing to over 100 million,China is flexing its muscles, internally and externally,and peace between

26 Jan 2024: Madingley Road I Cambridge I CB3 0UB. Tel 44 (0)1223 761984 Email enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Charity No 1069589 Company No 3540878. Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you. according to what you have done to us.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Tomorrow (Monday 28 November) marks the launchof the Commission on the Integration of Refugees.Convened by the founder President of the WoolfInstitute, Dr Ed Kessler, this independentCommission aims to improve refugee

10 Feb 2022: Transmission and Trust: The Impact of Covid-19 on British Jewish and British Muslim Communities. About the Woolf InstituteThe Woolf Institute was founded by Dr Edward Kessler MBE and Revd Professor Martin Forward in 1998. Their aim was to provide an

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Each year, the Institute takes a small anddistinguished delegation of supporters and patronsfrom across the three Abrahamic faiths to cities withparticularly interesting religious and interfaithhistories. In past years, we have

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, ‘Coming here has changed how I see the world. It hastaught me to listen to different voices, to make friendswith people from entirely different cultures andbeliefs. It’s been awesome.’ The summer school student who told me

24 Aug 2018: October 2016. Advance care planning and Muslim communitiesA report commissioned by Compassion in Dying as part of the My Life, My Decision programme. Sughra Ahmed and Naved Siddiqi. Contents About this research 2. Context: Why are we talking about

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. If you visit East Germany, where I was born andraised, any time in late March and April, you will begreeted by bushes full of Easter eggs and nests ofeggs on the ground in many gardens and publicparks. Germany may be most famous

25 Sep 2017: Jews and Christians: Perspectives on MissionThe Lambeth-Jewish Forum. Reuven Silverman, Patrick Morrow and Daniel Langton. 1. Both Christianity and Judaism have a vocation to mission. In the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, God’s people are spoken of

7 Nov 2022: It is with great sadness that the Woolf Institute learns of the passing of HerMajesty, Queen Elizabeth II. As Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governorof the Church of England, Her Majesty took an interest in all faith communities,regularly meeting

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. My official affiliation with the Woolf began 12 monthsago when Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner encouraged meto apply to become an Honorary PhD scholar. I’dattended many events hosted by the Woolf andalways enjoyed them. One, however,

11 Dec 2020: The full report is available as a free download at:www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/diversity. 2.

10 Feb 2022: Transmission and Trust: The Impact of Covid-19 on British Jewish and British Muslim CommunitiesExecutive Summary. 2. About the Woolf InstituteThe Woolf Institute was founded by Dr Edward Kessler MBE and Revd Professor Martin Forward in 1998. Their

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Pentecostalism is the world's fastest growingChristian denomination. The Pentecostal movementclaims hundreds of millions of followers and enjoyspopularity globally, but especially in the majorityworld. Yet many of the world's

25 Sep 2017: Sheikh Michael Mumisa and Dr Edward Kessler Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge. www.woolfinstitute.cam.ac.uk Executive Summary There is a growing consensus among those involved in Jewish, Christian and Islamic seminary education in the

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17 Apr 2018: Beyond Dialogue? I N T E R FA I T H E N G A G E M E N T I N D E L H I , D O H A & L O N D O N. Authors: John Fahy & Jan-Jonathan Bock. Editor:Julian Hargreaves. Beyond Dialogue? I N T E R FA I T H E N G A G E M E N T IN D E L H I, D O H A & L O N D

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. “Do you know anyone who would be interested inworking as my PA?”, came the question from EdKessler. I did, and the rest, as they say, is history. I am thinking back on my journey at the WoolfInstitute. I first started

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, We are in the swing of Easter term in Cambridge,which runs from the second half of April to the middleof June. The term is always strangely dual in nature.On the one hand, it is the period of exams, with anxietypalpable in the

2 Nov 2022: Best wishes,. David PerryWoolf Media Consultant & Producer. The Woolf Institute Annual Publication 2022/23 is now available to download.This publication is full of information about current research, teaching, publiceducation and

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, From research to social good, from Cambridge to the wider world, the WoolfInstitute is increasing the impact of its work this year, especially within politicaland policymaking circles. With this goal in mind, we have further

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. The Woolf Research Days are a valuableopportunity to present the work of some of our bestyoung researchers to audiences in brief TED-styletalks. These occasions also give our students andacademics an opportunity to practise the

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. At the start of each new year, I find myself thinkingabout the past 12 months and wondering what I’ll bereflecting on next January when I look back at the. year just gone by. But with the Woolf Institute’s 25th. Anniversary

26 Jan 2024: Madingley Road I Cambridge I CB3 0UB. Tel 44 (0)1223 761984 Email enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Charity No 1069589 Company No 3540878. Secular Societies, Religious Followers; Opportunities? Challenges? From Majority to Minority – Being Muslim in

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Over the past few weeks the Woolf Institute, baskingas it has been in the hot summer sun, has been avibrant place, busy with events and the participants inthe various programmes we organise at this time ofyear. Two of these stand

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Few men have the privilege and good fortune to seetheir life’s vision take shape in front of them. Ed. Kessler, whose 60th birthday we were celebratingthis week, is that rare man. But fortune played only a small part. Ed

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Trust is the basis of all successful societies: law, economic activity, democracyas a whole, all are based on trusting strangers. Building trust between the religious communities of Britain is essential for thecreation of a

7 Nov 2022: Every year millions of Muslims travel to Makkah during the last month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hajj,to perform a pilgrimage known as Hajj. The pilgrimage lasts around five days, from the 8th to the 13th ofDhul Hajj (this year coinciding with 7th

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Those who have spent nearly a full month fasting dailyfrom sunrise to sunset welcome the first day of Eid al-Fitr with open arms. Toward the end of Ramadan, youare physically exhausted but spiritually satiated. I cancertainly

26 Jan 2024: Madingley Road I Cambridge I CB3 0UB. Tel 44 (0)1223 761984 Email enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Charity No 1069589 Company No 3540878. Coptic Identities as Indigenous: The Politics of Recognition & Improving. Interfaith Relations in Egypt. Ironically,

8 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, By the time you read this, we will have enjoyed theJubilee weekend and I hope you all have had awonderful time with family, neighbours andfriends. Seeing how during her long rule, her Majesty’sstoic determination and composure

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, One of the things that distinguishes the Woolf Institute from other researchinstitutes is our strive to translate all our research into public education.Academic work sometimes has the reputation of being conducted in an

9 Dec 2021: Cover image: Shurtterstock: XanderSt. Twitter icon. CONTENTSIntroduction. 4. Background. 5. Methods.

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7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. September always feels like a new start. The newacademic year for schools and universities bringsexcitement, potential, and a little nervousness; with afour-year-old starting school for the first time, I knowthat this is true

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. As an academic, I always feel incredibly elated whena student tells me my teaching has changed the waythey think about a problem or the profound effect ourdiscussions have had on their lives. We always liketo think the Woolf

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Most teenagers who found themselves growing up inthe drab suburbs of South East London in the mid-1960s felt the need for escape. Skiffle music andAmerican Rock and Roll were popular. But not withme. I was captivated by the

30 Aug 2021: Bad Influence. INSTAGRAM:. The text and illustrations may only be reproduced with prior permission of CST and the Antisemitism Policy Trust. Data analysis provided by the Woolf Institute.Published by Community Security Trust and the Antisemitism

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan has always embodied for me a delightfullydelicate paradox: it is at once a month ofrenunciation and fulfilment, of stillness and activity,of turning inwards in contemplation and reachingoutwards in charity. Ramadan

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Spring, with its longer daylight hours, new buds on thetrees, and – with a little bit of luck – increasingly sunnyweather, is an annual reminder of new beginnings.Having weathered the hardest season of the year, wecan look to

7 Nov 2022: The Woolf Institute Annual Publication 2022/23 is now available to download.This publication is full of information about current research, teaching, publiceducation and forthcoming events.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Over the summer I had the joy of cycling with mydaughter across the solar system. We packed oursandwiches and got on our tandem bike, starting ourjourney at the sun. Mercury, Venus, and Earth wereall within a stone’s throw,