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Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee

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Milwaukee Association for Interfaith Relations

The Milwaukee Association for Interfaith Relations (MAIR) is the Milwaukee area’s only inter-religious program with the sole purpose of bringing people together to build understanding and friendship from a wide array of faith traditions.   

Each month representatives of various religious traditions meet at the Interfaith Conference. These include Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Sikh, Christian Scientist, Sufi, and Bahá’í.

MAIR and its members serve as resources to many congregations and organizations seeking information about various faith traditions.

In May 2008 we had a panel discussion at Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Milwaukee's east side entitled "Religious Perspectives and Practices: Birth and Death." Panelists were from Christian (Rev. Jean Dow, Immanuel Presbyterian Church), Jewish (Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro, Congregation Shalom), Bahá'í (Jerry Johnson, Bahá'í Society of Milwaukee), Muslim (Ahmed Quereshi, Islamic Society of Milwaukee) and Buddhist (Mike Vater, Milwaukee Shambhala Center) traditions.  This occasional series will explore the beliefs and practices of different faith traditions around major life events such as birth, marriage, and death.

In 2007 we teamed up with the Peace and International Issues Committee of Interfaith Conference to present a luncheon/lecture series focusing on "Violence: Faith Perspectives."  We heard from speakers of four religious traditions: Isa Sadlon, Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Bishop Paul Stumme-Diers of the Greater Milwaukee Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Rabbi Ronald Shapiro, Congregation Shalom, and Rev. Tonen O'Connor, resident priest of the Milwaukee Zen Center.

The May 2006 Lecture Luncheon series was entitled "Seeking the Common Good," which explored the concept of the common good, hopefully setting the stage for a dialogue that will help us to look at the theological and moral impulses that lead us to desire the common good. We had speakers from the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions.

In May 2005 our "Tuesdays in May" Luncheon/Lecture series was entitled: "Finding Our Place through Faith," which addressed how faith influences our major life choices and ethical decisions.  Speakers included Unitarian Bob Chernow, Buddhist Peter Neuwald, and Roman Catholic E. Michael McCann.

In May 2004 the series was titled "Traditions and Treasures of Living Faiths," with presentations from Rabbi Shlomo Levin of the Lake Park Synagogue on Judaism: an Orthodox perspective; Dr. Trinette V. McCray speaking from the American Baptist perspective, Dr. Lakshmi Bharadwaj of Hindu Temple of Wisconsin who spoke about Hinduism, and Ahmed Quereshi of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, who spoke about Islam.

 Member Faith Groups

American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin, Bahá'í; Buddhist: Milwaukee Zen Center, Milwaukee Shambhala Center, Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Christian Science, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Roman Catholic; Hindu; Islamic; Jain; Jewish; Sufi