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January

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Venue:FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, AC1-194

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Contemporary Global Spirituality

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Venue:Temple Israel of Greater Miami, 137 NE 19th St., Miami

with Dr. Nathan Katz. According to a recent Pew study, 24.1% of American describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." What does this claim mean? What is spirituality, and can it truly be separated from religion? From historical, psychological and neuroscientific perspectives, Katz answers with an emphatic "Yes." Hear why.

February

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243

with Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz. Part of "Global Meditation" series.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 150

Nance Guillemartin, Author, Educator, Executive Coach, & Consultant Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist, international speaker and FIU adjunct leadership educator, Nance Guilmartin offers an interactive program in “communication first aid”. It features lessons from her book, Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say, which has been published in 12 languages.

The Lemba of Southern Africa

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

with Dr. Tudor Parfitt, Hear one of the leaders of the Lemba of Zimbabwe, a "lost tribe of Israel."

Truth - A Relationship between Perceiver and Perceived

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 140

with Dr. Lakshmi Reddi. Seeking truth in any field of knowledge necessarily happens within the framework of Perceived-Perceiver-Perceiving. The play of mind within this framework, and the constraints of time and space, as presented in the spiritual tradition of Patanjali's Raja Yoga, are the subject of this talk. Dr. Reddi is Dean of the University Graduate School.

March

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 140

The documentary explores the implications of sequencing the human genome, cloning Dolly and Polly, creating genetically modified plants, ethical and moral issues associated with DNA manipulation.

April

Women in Jainism

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC Ballroom

with Nalini Balbir. Third Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture - Dinner.

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Venue:Sivananada Ashram Yoga Retreat

Lecture by Dr. Nathan Katz. Click for link

October

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Venue:Wertheim Performing Arts Center

Lecture by Madhurai G.S. Mani (Carnatic Vocal Legend & Composer) G. S. Mani is a widely acclaimed performer and composer of the classical music of South India.

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Venue:Graham Center 140

Lecture by Deshon Fox (FIU ’00) Bahamian author Deshon Fox distills his book, The Middle Theory, in his interactive Spheres of Balance talk.

November

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Venue:Frost Art Museum

Lecture by Manoj Jain, M.D. The Second Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture Dr Manoj Jain is an infectious disease physician, writer, and adjunct clinical assistant professor at Emory University, and has conducted research in spirituality and medicine to study the "therapeutic effect of prayer” in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.

December

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Lecture by Amir Alan Vahab and Peter Rogen Sufism, the spiritual tradition of Islam, teaches a heart-center approach to the Divine and affirms all faiths as vehicles to Truth. https://www.facebook.com/events/560781387312137/

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Venue:The Shul, 9540 Collins Ave., Surside.

Tenth Miami International Conference of Torah and Science For the past two decades, these conferences have put leading rabbis into dialogue with scientists with edifying and often surprising results! RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/668578639838812/ Visit the official website here: http://www.torahscienceconference.org/