Tag: Community Engagement

Join us monthly as we share aspects of Zen and Tea Ceremony. Presented as a meditational activity in the use of handcrafted implements, the bonding between host and guest, and the structured movements they share in making and drinking a bowl of matcha tea. The tea ceremony developed under the influence of Zen Buddhism, with the aim of purifying oneself by becoming one with nature. Explanation of tea etiquette, equipment, and vocabulary will be given so practitioners will be able to participate fully in the taking of tea. Hosted by Joe Haeng Sah Fisher, CZC’s Vice Abbot who has taken the 16 precepts of our zen lineage and has completed tea studies in Nyūmon, Konarai, and Chabako of the Urasenke school. Preregistration not required.

Join us monthly as we share aspects of Zen and Tea Ceremony. Presented as a meditational activity in the use of handcrafted implements, the bonding between host and guest, and the structured movements they share in making and drinking a bowl of matcha tea. The tea ceremony developed under the influence of Zen Buddhism, with the aim of purifying oneself by becoming one with nature. Explanation of tea etiquette, equipment, and vocabulary will be given so practitioners will be able to participate fully in the taking of tea. Hosted by Joe Haeng Sah Fisher, CZC’s Vice Abbot who has taken the 16 precepts of our zen lineage and has completed tea studies in Nyūmon, Konarai, and Chabako of the Urasenke school. Preregistration not required.

Join us monthly as we share aspects of Zen and Tea Ceremony. Presented as a meditational activity in the use of handcrafted implements, the bonding between host and guest, and the structured movements they share in making and drinking a bowl of matcha tea. The tea ceremony developed under the influence of Zen Buddhism, with the aim of purifying oneself by becoming one with nature. Explanation of tea etiquette, equipment, and vocabulary will be given so practitioners will be able to participate fully in the taking of tea. Hosted by Joe Haeng Sah Fisher, CZC’s Vice Abbot who has taken the 16 precepts of our zen lineage and has completed tea studies in Nyūmon, Konarai, and Chabako of the Urasenke school. Preregistration not required.

Sacred Connections is a program under the Festival of Faiths that organizes diverse religious groups to host an in-person event at their place of worship.

Event Details:
Join us at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for our worship service from Noon to 1:00 pm, followed by a short presentation by Alycia McClurg and then Q&A. “Munch and Mingle” afterwards.

Learn more and register for the event HERE.

Sacred Connections is a program under the Festival of Faiths that organizes diverse religious groups to host an in-person event at their place of worship.

Event details: (Free to attend, but registration is required)
6:30 PM Prayer ceremony with the Temple Priest
6:45 – 7:15 PM Presentation by Aruni on Teachings of Buddha, the Buddhist Community, and Temples in Tri-State area
7:15 -7:30 PM Q & A with the guests
7:30 – 8 PM light refreshments

Learn more and register for the event HERE.

Schedule of Activities (Aug. 27)
MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT

12:30 – 1:15 PM Interfaith Devotional Observance
1:30 PM Holy Trinity Church Power of the Anointing Band
2:00 PM Terri sings with Ravens Rivera (Native American Music)
2:15 PM Fluidity Chamber Ensemble
2:30 PM Beulah Missionary Baptist Church Choir
2:40 PM Jesus University Ballet Ministry of College Hill Presbyterian Church
2:50 PM Farhan Raza and Meesha Raza, Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati
3:05 PM Festival of Faiths Multifaith Choir and Band
3:20 PM Aadhya Dance Group (Bollywood dancers)
3:35 PM Lotus Group Sri Lankan Buddhist devotional songs
3:45 PM Rockwern Academy Jewish Youth Choir
4 PM Closing song: “Turning of the World” led by Rabbi Meredith Kahan

PROGRAMMING – CONFERENCE ROOMS UPSTAIRS
1:30 – 2:30 PM Faith Communities Go Green: Play Your Way to a Better World (click here for description)
2 – 3 PM Spiritual Meditation (click here for description)
3 – 4 PM Compassionate Conversations – (click here for description)

FOOD – PARKING LOT 1:30 – 3:30 PM
GURU KA LANGAR A delicious, free meal prepared by Hindu and Sikh volunteers in the community kitchen at Guru Nanak Society of Greater Cincinnati Gurdwara Sahib

Featuring a panel discussion by:
Dr. William Trollinger, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Dayton
Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr., Executive Director of the Ohio Council of Churches
Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Opening remarks by:
The Very Rev. Dean Owen C. Thompson of Christ Church Cathedral
Moderated by:
Dr. Marlaina Leppert-Wahl of Wilmington College

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

One might not immediately associate Frank Stella (b. 1936), the American painter, sculptor, and printmaker noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction with a cumulative, lyrical poem that concludes the traditional Seder, or festive meal, on the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Had Gadya (One Little Goat) is one of the earliest recorded songs for children. Just as each verse of the song builds on one before it, Stella builds on the original 1919 series of prints by Russian-Jewish avante-garde artist El Lissitzky (1890–1941). Lissitzky, who began his career illustrating Yiddish children’s books, created a print for each stanza of the famous song. Stella first encountered these works in the Tel Aviv Art Museum in 1981 and was profoundly inspired by their movement and the vibrancy of the simplified, graphic forms.

Frank Stella’s Had Gadya print series took two years to complete. The large prints were created using a combination of various techniques—lithography, linoleum block, silkscreen, and rubber relief with collage elements and hand-coloring. The prints were finally published by Waddington Graphics, London, in 1984. After completing the edition, Stella created between two and nine variants of each of the twelve Had Gadya illustrations.

The Skirball Museum is the second venue for a national tour of the three Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campuses in North America. Frank Stella: Had Gadya appeared at the Los Angeles campus March 31–December 31, 2022 and will be on view at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum on the New York campus September 7, 2023 – March 2, 2024.

Siona Benjamin has been making intricately detailed, transnational art with a feminist, Jewish, and political bent for almost two decades. Her distinct and unusual heritage as a descendant of the Bene Israel Jewish community of India informs her artistic perspective. Immigration, gender, the concept of “home”, and the role of art in social change are explored through vibrantly hued paintings.

The identity of Siona Benjamin, an Indian-American-Jewish artist, is layered and multi-faceted, just like her artwork. Raised as a Jew and a member of the Bene Israel community in largely Hindu and Muslim Mumbai, Benjamin addresses inclusion and exclusion through her art, and considers and challenges perceptions about culture, race, and religion. In crossing boundaries and building bridges, she asks viewers to do the same.

Thursday, April 20 at 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm ET

5:30 pm ET | Reception (in-person only).
6:15 pm ET | Siona Benjamin takes us “Beyond Borders” with an illustrated talk about her artistic journey to this deeply personal and wide-ranging body of work. In-person and via Livestream.

Registration required.