Category Past Events

Interfaith Perspectives on Ecology

Abrahamic House held a virtual gathering to explore what various faith traditions teach about humanity’s responsibility to care for creation. Inspired by Scriptural Reasoning, a method of comparing texts on a common theme found within different Holy Books, we compared…

Birth and Teachings of Jesus

Around Christmas, the time of Jesus’ birth, Abrahamic House hosted a gathering to explore the story of the birth and teachings of Jesus from both Muslim and Christian perspectives. We heard from Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, author of “Islam’s Jesus”, and Fr. Thomas Bonacci from the Interfaith Peace…

Kurdish Flag Day Celebration

Thank you for joining us on Kurdish Flag Day as we celebrated the cultural heritage of our fellow, Haima. This event was hosted in partnership with the American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN) and included informational sessions followed by Kurdish music, dancing, and food. 

Channukah Party

We hosted a low-key Channukah party in celebration of the 7th night of Channukah! We lit candles, did a quick Havdallah (celebration of the ending of Shabbat), and ate sufganiyot.

Shabbat

We hosted our first Shabbat dinner! Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, but it is also a day to sing, gather with friends and family, and eat good food. We invited guests to wear what they would to visit…

Known but to God

For our first event of the 2021-2022 fellowship, we invited Dr. Jonathan Ebel to give us a virtual talk on Veterans Day to discuss the role of religion and the memory of American soldiers. Dr. Ebel is a Guggenheim Fellow…

Inaugural Fellowship Graduation

Almost one year ago, four strangers from different faith traditions moved into a house in Los Angeles as part of the inaugural Abrahamic House fellowship. Since then, they have learned about each others’ connections to their faiths, celebrated holidays, planned…

Advent Video Series

For many Christian communities the four weeks leading up to Christmas, known as Advent, is a time of expectation and preparation. In observance of this holy time, the Fellows will release a video meditation each Monday of this four week…

Abrahamic House Mixer

Join the Abrahamic House community for a casual afternoon of getting to know one another! We welcome anyone who has been to one of our events in the past and those who are new to the Abrahamic House community. There…