Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

The Tanenbaum Center was incorporated in 1992 to build on the work of the late Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, a world-renowned human rights activist and a pioneer in advancing interreligious reconciliation. In the course of his illustrious career, he was an active participant in Vatican Council II, organized interreligious coalitions to rescue Vietnamese boat people, feed Biafra and respond to social justice issues around the world. One of the Center's programs, Program in Religion and Conflict Resolution, demostrates that religion can be part of the solution to hatred and armed conflicts around the...