BUILDING BRIDGES:
ABRAHAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD TODAY

What is the relationship between religion and violence?
Must your faith tradition be wrong in order for mine to be right?
What is the role of God in a democratic society?

Season I, Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today. This popular series which premiered in November 2006 on Bridges Television (American Muslim TV Network), looks at these and other vital questions about the role of religion in America today. Conceived by CLAL President Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, this landmark program brought religious leaders together from the three major faiths to answer the tough questions dividing our country and world. From religion and violence, to abortion, to the place of women, the series asked leaders to probe their own traditions for insights on the big issues to create a new listening, understanding, and foundation for bridge building.

Check back with us in the coming weeks for more Building Bridges episodes.

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When Life Ends
Terri Schiavo was just the beginning. With each great advance in our ability to prolong life comes a great responsibility for us to better understand when it is really over. That is what the marriage of blessing and obligation, which lies at the heart of each of our faiths, is all about. When, according to each of the Abrahamic traditions, does life end? What do those definitions teach us about the value of life, and maintaining the complex balance between its quality and its quantity?

Click on the play button to view each segment of the half hour show:

 Segment 1

 Segment 2

 Segment 3