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  • presentation at CBB's inaugural conference on Human Rights (see below):
  • Founder and President: Imam Yahya Hendi (muslim chaplain, Georgetown University)
  • Co-Founder and Executive Director: Rabbi Gerald Serotta (rabbi, Congregation Shirat Ha-Nefesh)

    "Human Rights in Judaism, Christianity and Islam"

    December 14-15, 2009
    held at Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University
    Washington, DC

    Introductions to Dec. 14-15, 2009 Conference
  • Welcome from Reverend Joseph Eldrige, Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University (and CBB Religious Advisory Board); 
  • Scriptural recitations from Imam Abdullah Deeb, Reverend Steven Martin, and Rabbi Sid Schwarz; 
  • Conference introduction by Imam Yahya Hendi, CBB co-founder, and Rabbi Gerald Serotta, CBB executive director;
  • Discussion of partnership work, Rabbi Marc Gopin, CBB board of directors


    • Session 1: The Concept of Human Rights within Judaism, Christianity and Islam, (part 1 of 2)
  • Moderator: Rabbi Ellen Lippman, Rabbi, Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives and member RHR-NA board of directors
  • Dr. Glen Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary; author of Just Peacemaking
  • Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim Chaplain, Georgetown University; founder/president, Clergy Beyond Borders
  • Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services 
  • question/discussion period, part 1

    Session 1: Concept of Human Rights within Judaism, Christianity and Islam, continued (part 2 of 2)"
  • Session 1 question/discussion period, part 2


    • Session 2: Human Trafficking and Slavery in the 21st Century
  • Moderator: Dr. Jamal Barzinji, Vice President, International Institute of Islamic Thought
  • Dr. David Batstone, professor of ethics, University of San Francisco; president, "Not for Sale" Campaign
  • Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, professor, Richmond University Law School; founder KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
  • Rabbi Rachel Kahn Troster, Director of Education and Outreach, Rabbis for Human Rights
  • question/discussion period



    Session 3: Prisoner Treatment in Peace and War
  • Moderator: Reverend Joseph Eldridge, Chaplain, American University
  • Reverend Tim Floyd, professor/director Law and Public Service Program, Mercer University; author of Can a Good Christian Be a Good Lawyer?
  • Imam Radwan Mohammad Mardini, American Muslim Center, Dearborn, Michigan
  • Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, North American director, Encounter; author on war ethics and religious responses to terror
  • question/discussion period



    "Session 4 : Role of Religion in the Public Square of a Pluralist Democracy, part 1 of 3"
  • Introduction from Rabbi Gerald Serotta, executive director of CBB; remarks from Imam Yahya Hedi, co-founder of CBB.
  • Moderator: Cynthia Schneider, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University; former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands
  • Rabbi Sid Schwarz, founder PANIM: Jewish Institute for Leadership and Values; author Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World;
    founding rabbi, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation

    • "Session 4 : Role of Religion in the Public Square of a Pluralist Democracy, part 2 of 3"
  • Dr. Sherman Jackson; Prof. Near Eastern Studies, Afro-American Studies; Visiting Prof. of Law, Univ. of Michigan; author Islamic Law and the State

    • "Session 4 : Role of Religion in the Public Square of a Pluralist Democracy, part 3 of 3"
  • Rev. David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University; author, The Future of Faith in American Politics
  • question-discussion period


  • Audio for Sessions 5 and 6 from Dec. 15 (audio not yet available)
  • "Human Rights Post 9-11, Civil Liberties and Respect for Immigrants and the Other”
  • "International Voices for Human Rights"



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