An Israeli Rabbi’s Engagement with the Arab World – in Arabic

In this lecture, Rabbi Elhanan Miller will discuss People of the Book, three intersecting online projects that he has spearheaded over the last decade. The first is called “Ask the Rabbi,” an Arabic platform about Judaism and its relationship to Islam. The second, “Close Neighbors,” is a set of conversations, in Arabic, with Muslim Arabs on religious and political issues. The third is “Jews of the Middle East,” a series of oral histories with Arabic-speaking Jews about their lives living in Arab states before emigrating to Israel, Europe, or the United States. Miller will share his story, his motivations and goals, the challenges he has faced, and what he has learned from these three projects.