Dear Friends,

Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls is thankful for much and looks forward to 2012 in faith and anticipation. Whether in person at the Sheldon or watching on Channel 9, I know many of us were profoundly moved by the September 11th Interfaith Memorial in Music. With our co-sponsor, the Newmark Institute of JCRC, and many sponsors and volunteers, we realized again the strength of the St. Louis area’s interfaith community and the possibilities that emerge when we work together.

This hopeful and inclusive public response to the attacks of 9/11 was made possible by The Opera Theatre of St. Louis and many in the arts, and we plan to collaborate again in 2012. We are in a position to do that because of the support of many – and we are happy to report that Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls regained financial viability in 2011!

We have re-organized as a member-driven association and invite you to join! Please come -- whether you are officially a member or not -- to our first member meeting of 2012:

“Jihad and Just War”
Rabbi Dr. Ryan Dulkin, Dr. Gultan Ilhan and Dr. Tobias Winwright
Thursday, February 9 at 7pm, Eden Theological Seminary Commons
Panel Presentations and Discussion

RYAN DULKIN, an educator in many settings, has focused on the development of Rabbinic Judaism during the eastern Roman Empire’s Christianization. GULTAN ILHAN, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis Community College at Meramec, actively promotes better understanding of Islam in the St. Louis area. TOBIAS WINWRIGHT, Professor of Theology at St. Louis University, is a social ethicist and the co-author of After the Smoke Clears: The Just War Tradition and Post War Justice (2010).

Afterward, members new and old will elect the governing board and hear 2012 plans. I look forward to seeing you!


Leigh Greenhaw, Board President 2011