BOOK LAUNCH: Welcoming the Stranger.Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications, 3/18/24

Considered from a range of theological, cultural, legal, and political angles, the book Welcoming the Stranger. Abrahamic Traditions and Its Contemporary Implications will be discussed by its editors Ori Z Soltes, Georgetown University, Washington DC, and Rachel Stern, The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, New York.
This book is a collection of thought-provoking essays exploring the theme of hospitality as a means of building bridges between different cultures and communities. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in interfaith dialogue, social justice, and creating a more inclusive society.
Its contents could hardly be more relevant today. Beginning with the story of Abraham’s hospitality to the three strangers described in Genesis18, the narrative explores both the theological evolution in and beyond the Abrahamic traditions of the principle of “welcoming the stranger,” and its on-the-ground application from India to Germany in the past to America in the present.
This book launch is organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art and the Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work at Fordham University School of Law. We thank Fordham University’s Center for Jewish Studies and Theology Department, and Peace Islands Institute New York for publicizing the event.
The event is generously sponsored by 1014.