The IRI awarded Jamel Garrett the 2023 Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman InterReligious Leadership Award for his work in the  interfaith world. Jamel entered this year with the proposal titled: “Clutchin Big Mama’s Quilt: Hoodoo Initiation as a Source of Holistic […]

The IRI awarded Julie Payne Britton the 2020 Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman InterReligious Leadership Award, where Britton is a master of divinity student, and honors the passionate commitment to interreligious engagement modeled by the late Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman. Britton’s winning proposal will develop […]