Union Theological Seminary Interfaith Women's Residency Program

04/21/2016

Hi friends! The application for the 2016-17 Interfaith Women's Residency Program at UTS is now live! Think about how you might bridge the divides in our society by living in intentional community with a diverse group of women of faith in New York City.
Please share with friends and definitely take a look for yourself!!

Intentional community of Interfaith Women at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.

01/18/2015

Hi friends! The application for the 2015-2016 Interfaith Women's Residency Program at UTS (and co-sponsored by JTS) is now live! There's no better time than Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend to think about how you might bridge the divides in our society by living in intentional community with a diverse group of women of faith in New York City.

If you'd like the link to the application, comment here and we'll send it to you (for yourself, or to send to people you know, which would be very much appreciated!)

12/07/2014

During the month of December, our residents are blogging about the value of humility. How do we recognize the power of our contributions to the world without over-emphasizing our own self-importance? Read posts from Tanya and Norah here, and stay tuned for more posts from the residents throughout the month.

Also, stay tuned for applications for next year's residency program, which will go live on December 15th at unionwomen.org!

I would like to start my first post this month about humility with the introductory verses of an Arabic poem known as Matharat al-Qulub (literally, Purification of the Hearts ), which offers a means...

10/28/2014

The interfaith women's residency program is featured in the most recent Union Now magazine!! Check us out here!

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10/01/2014

Our residency program assistant and last year resident, Lauren Henderson offers her blessings to the new residents in this most recent blog post!

To begin: I’m Lauren Henderson, and I was a resident in last year’s inaugural Interfaith Women’s Residency Program. But I just couldn’t get enough of the group, so like Norah, I found a...

09/29/2014

Returning resident, Norah Elmagraby, reflects on her return to the residency and a message from God. Here's the new blog post!

Whenever I’m asked about my experience at the interfaith Women’s Residency Program last year, I always include the following sentence: It was the best year of my life! They would follow up with a...

09/26/2014

The Interfaith Women's Residency is back with a new blog post!! This time it's from resident, Kaytlin Butler!

"All beginnings are hard." This bit of wisdom spoken by various Jewish rabbis began my first Hebrew Bible tutorial at Union last week. Wisely, the TA recognized that at this stage in the semester,...

09/23/2014

Hi folks!! The interfaith women's residency is back with a refreshed blog to go with our refreshed page! Here's the first entry for September from our director, Tanya Williams. We'd love to hear from you!

I will not try to paint an artificial picture of this year’s process of getting our Interfaith Women’s Residency Program off the ground. It has been tough. Be it growing pains, a sophomore...

06/05/2014

Doesn't this just make you FRUSTRATED (for so many reasons!) How can interfaith women have an effect on conversations about sexism, as well?

Things that matter. Pass 'em on.

06/01/2014

Applications are still available and the deadline has been extended to June 10th! Spread the word!!

Intentional community of Interfaith Women at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.

05/22/2014

Thanks HuffPost Women...this is right up our alley!

Without women leaders in visible places of our church, we hinder young people by not teaching them to look up to women....

05/20/2014

We've been quiet over here at the Interfaith Women's Residency Program working to wrap up the semester, but it's time to recruit a new class of residency participants! Our application will be available tomorrow!