David & Goliath with Jay Ascher

Making the Familiar Strange

Join Jay Ascher, Director of Youth Engagement for Temple Israel, for this session of Making the Familiar Strange as we discuss the story of David and Goliath. He will be talking about the story itself, the disagreements, and how it relates to everyday life.

Read or review the story: 1 Samuel 17:1-52 ; Surah 2:249-251

Making the Familiar Strange is an opportunity for interfaith dialogue that inspires people of different religious and nonreligious backgrounds to read the same text together. Rather than providing answers, creating arguments, or shutting down conversation, Making the Familiar Strange gives attendees an opportunity to investigate and share different perspectives on the same texts.

While not required, the program is best if you have access to the stories, which can be through a physical copy or online copy of a Bible, Tanakh, and/or Quran.

Tri-Faith Initiative events are recorded and archived on our YouTube Channel.