Interfaith Roundtable to Attract International Speakers: Clarion Campus Ministries and The Interfaith Roundtable of Jews, Muslims, and Christians will present Abrahamic Dialog: What Binds Us Together? on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:00 p.m. in Carlson Library Level A of Clarion University. This year’s event will feature three speakers who have participated in interfaith discussions and programs around the globe:

Rabbi Alvin K. Berkun is the International President of the Rabbinical Assembly, a worldwide oranization of 1600 Conservative rabbis. Rabbi Berkun first gained significant ministerial experience in an interfaith setting as a member of the Chaplain Corps in the U.S. Navy. Rabbi Berkun was also a founder of the first Hospice and Hospice Home Care in the United States. He has represented the Conservative Movement in various meetings with the Vatican and in meetings with the Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. For ten years, he appeared weekly as the Jewish representative on “In Good Faith,” an ecumenical clergy public affairs television show.

Dr. Eugene J. Fisher is the recently retired Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Fisher served as advisor to the American bishops as well as the Vatican on interfaith issues. In April 2007 he was honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with its Dr. Joseph L. Lichten Award for his pioneering role in helping to promote and further dialogue between Catholics and Jews. Fisher has lectured widely throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Australia.

Imam Yahya Hendi is the Muslim Chaplain at Georgetown University, Imam of the Islamic Society of Frederick, MD, and Muslim Chaplain at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He also serves as a member and the spokesperson of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America and an adjunct faculty member at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. Hendi has presented numerous interfaith and general lectures in the US, Asia, Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. He was one of the Muslim leaders who met with President Bush in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy.