Shalom/Salaam: The Untold Story of a Mystical Entanglement

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Shalom/Salaam: The Untold Story of a Mystical Entanglement is an interdisciplinary project predicated on the belief that contemporary art, at its best, can move outside of the narrow confines of the art world, approaching the general public through genuinely creative thought and a gentle activism.

Specifically, my Shalom/Salaam Project highlights the strong Sufi influence on the development of Jewish mysticism, following this unfamiliar tale from 11th century Spain and Egypt, through the Kabbalah and into the Baal Shem Tov's Hasidism in the 18th century....

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PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

Rabbi Isaac of Acre and His Followers: Early Kabbalists under Sufi Influence
(Sufi Magazine, London, England, Summer, 2007)

Towards an Understanding of the Jewish/Sufi
(Speech to the Jewish Community Relations Council, Ratner Museum, May 2, 2007)

The Sufi Influence on Spanish Jews
(American Culture/Popular Culture conference, Boston, MA, April 5, 2007)

When Jews wore Turbans:
A Surprising History of Jewish/Muslim Mutual Respect
(Symposium, Heliport Gallery, Silver Spring, MD, March 8, 2007)

Moses Maimonides and the Sufis of Islam (Sufi Magazine, London, England, Winter, 2004-05)

Solomon Ibn Gabirol: A Jewish Sufi (Sophia: The Journal of Traditional Studies, Oakton, VA, Summer, 2004) 

Abraham Abulafia: A Key Out of the Palestinian/Israeli Labryinth (Dystinct Art Magazine, New York, January, 2004)

The Tales They Tell: Sufi and Hasidic Teaching Tales (Sufi Magazine, London, England, Autumn 2003)

A Mystical Entanglement: The Jewsih Gift to Islamic Mysticism(Detroit Jewish News, Detroit, Michigan, October 4, 2002)

Abraham Maimonides: A Jewish Sufi (Sufi Magazine, London, England, Winter 2001)