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World Religion Students Participate in Interreligious Dialogue
Representatives from Student to Student, an organization that fosters interreligious dialogue and understanding through student presentations, visited Loyola Academy World Religion classes this month. A team of Jewish students, representing various branches of Judaism, spoke to Ramblers about how Judaism shapes their identities, how they celebrate various holy days like Passover, and about Jewish history and contemporary Israel.
“The presentation was compelling because it felt like more of a dialogue,” says senior Michael C. Combs III. “We were free to ask questions, and the speakers passed around all the objects they talked about such as a smaller version of the Torah. I’m happy they came to talk to us because it’s beneficial, especially in today’s society, to see that you typically have a lot more in common with people than you think.”
Student to Student is a high school peer education program striving to reduce prejudice. The program brings together Jewish high school students from different backgrounds, trains them to talk about their lives as Jewish teens, and facilitates discussions in public and private schools in an effort to dismantle anti-Semitism and put a human face to Judaism. To learn more, click here. And to read an article about the experience—"Rays of Light in the Classroom"—in Jewish United Fund News, click here.
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