Date: August 8th 2010

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Silicon Valley Interreligious Council

[Formerly the Interreligous Leaders Dialogue Group]

The next meeting in our work to create a new multifaith organization in the South Bay will be hosted by Temple Emanu-El in San Jose.

After Summer vacations, the beginning of Ramadan, and the Jewish High Holy Days in early September, we have been invited to meet on September 28th, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm, at Temple Emanu-El. The planning team intends to present a specific proposal for the mission, objectives, membership, and governance of the Council, and we hope to have Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese with us, and perhaps some other local leaders in Silicon Valley.

We will be meeting in the Sukkah (or "booth"), a temporary structure that is used during the celebration of the season of Sukkoth (September 23-29), a time for remembering the wanderings in the wilderness after the people of Israel left slavery in Egypt and before they entered the land of Canaan. Watch for more details about lunch arrangements.

Remember that reports of our gatherings, reports from the planning group, and other notes and background documents can be found on the SouthBay Interfaith website, www.southbayinterfaith.org, under "Links > Discussion Documents."

Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Time: 11:45 am- 1:30 pm

Location: Temple Emanu-El, 1010 University Avenue, San Jose [Map]

PLEASE RSVP to southbayinterfaith@yahoo.com

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Dalai Lama in San Jose

Remember that the Dalai Lama will be in San Jose on Tuesday, October 12th. He will lead a teaching session titled Eight Verses of Training the Mind: Awakening the Heart of Compassion. Members of the local interreligious community are working on an interreligious gathering in conjunction with the visit of His Holiness. Tickets are now on sale to the general public. Details of the visit can be found on the Gyuto Center website, including information on how religious leaders can apply for free admission.

More information on the interreligious gathering will be available at Interfaith Space and Southbay Interfaith as it is determined.The Gyuto community of Tibetan Buddhist monks in San Jose is sponsoring this special visit.

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