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  • God has given us many faiths but only one world in which to co-exist. May your work help all of us to cherish our commonalities and feel enlarged by our differences.
    Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations
 
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4th INSIGHT FILM FESTIVAL OPENS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Insight launches a call for entries to their 4th film festival taking place in Spring 2013.
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Coexist Film Award at Insight Festival

The first Coexist Award was presented at the Insight Film Festival at the Zion Arts Centre in Manchester, England on Sunday 4th December 2011. The £1,000 award for the best film that ‘unites belief’ was presented to “Schlimazeltov”, directed by CHRIS ALLEN.
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The Coexist Prize

Due to the rich diversity of excellent candidates in the long-list and the tough job of selecting just five unsung heroes to go forwards, we regret we will not now be ready to make the announcement of the short-list until the 9th December.

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Launch of Nurani

The Coexist Foundation is proud to announce Meedan's launch of Nurani, a platform for cross-language scriptural discussion for Muslim and Christian scholars developed by Meedan and managed by the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Coexist Leadership Programme

Working with the highly regarded Faith in Leadership team, the Cambridge Coexist Programme is inviting between twenty and thirty senior Rabbis, Clerics and Imams to hone their leadership skills through a series of residential modules and independent study spread over a year.

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Para Daeza - A Three Faiths Garden

The Cambridge Coexist Programme has partnered with one of the world’s top garden designers, Chris Beardshaw, to create a ‘festival garden’ which we hope to launch at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013.

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CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Summer Workshop

The Council of Foreign Relations hosts the annual Religion and Foreign Policy Summer Workshop bringing religious leaders from across the country to discuss pressing international issues.

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Cambridge Coexist Programme joins forces with the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

This October the Cambridge Coexist Programme joins forces with the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival  to create a fascinating new series of polemical events focussed on religion.

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Dartmoor Bike Ride for Coexist

Coexist's Director raises funds for Understanding Faith Series by bicycling 106 miles across Dartmoor.

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'Three Faiths' Exhibit earns highest attendence in history of New York Public Library

Claimed to be not only the most important exhibit of the New York Public Library, but also one of the most important religious exhibitions to come to New York, ‘Three Faiths’ was visited by more than 200,000 people.

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Nurani wins prestigious UK Research Councils' grant

Coexist’s “Nurani” project, to develop digital dialogues between Muslims, Christians and Jews, has won a prestigious UK Research Councils’ grant worth $450,000.

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Prince Charles’ School of Traditional Arts debuts at NYPL’s ‘Three Faiths’ exhibit

Prince Charles’ School of Traditional Arts came to New York from January 29th-February 3rd to launch a series of workshops illuminating the sacred arts of Jews, Christians and Muslims.

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Faith Leaders Breakfast: Mayor Bloomberg praises 'Three Faiths' Exhibit

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the "Three Faiths" exhibit and encouraged people to go and see it.

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iPhone App in partnership with Odyssey

Coexist has been proud to partner with acclaimed US-based documentary-makers Odyssey to develop iPhone Apps which go behind the story of some of the exhibits in the New York Public Library's "Three Faiths" exhibition.

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Three Faiths Exhibition

Inspired by the British Library’s acclaimed ‘Sacred’ exhibition in 2007, ‘Three Faiths’ sets the New York Public Library’s magnificent collection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim manuscripts side by side for the first time.

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Heythrop College: Graduation for the world's first BA in Abrahamics

On the 1st of December 2010, the first five graduates of the University of London's pioneering new BA course in Abrahamics received their degrees.

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New York Public Library: Three Faiths Exhibition opens to acclaim

Coexist is proud to be co-sponsoring a major new exhibition a the New York Public Library from October 22nd to February 28th 2011.

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Cambridge Coexist Projects

Coexist has forged a long-term partnership with the University of Cambridge to develop initiatives which help the public to understand Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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Insight Film Festival

The annual Insight Film Festival, in partnership with Coexist, encourages talented young film-makers from across the world to develop films exploring inter-religious understanding.

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Eudaemonia Conferences

Eudaemonia conferences provide inspiring, in-depth training for teachers of Religious Education in schools.

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Meedan

Coexist is helping Meedan, a specialist in on-line translation, to develop an internet platform for dialogue in Arabic and English.

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Coexist Fountains

In St Jean Cap Ferrat in France, an area where there have been tensions between different faith communities, Coexist built a stone drinking fountain engraved with its distinctive logo.
 

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Heythrop College

Heythrop – the specialist Theology and Philosophy College of London University - is one of the UK’s foremost centres for religious education.

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Search for Common Ground

With offices in 18 countries, Search for Common Ground build bridges of understanding around the world through the Media.

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The Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme

The University of Cambridge has long been promoting high-quality, scholarly enquiry into Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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Prince’s School of Traditional Arts

Coexist is working with the Prince's School to promote public outreach programmes in schools and colleges.

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Jaipur

For example, Then, in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2009, Coexist sponsored a series of “Concerts for Peace” at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

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Mosul

 Where tensions flare between faith communities, Coexist will engage with local partners to help rebuild trust.

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St Ethelburga’s

St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, in the heart of London, hosts public talks, workshops, exhibitions and cultural events bringing together people of different faiths.

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The British Library

The British Library’s acclaimed “Sacred” exhibition brought together, for the first time, exquisite and very rare Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts,

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