The Binding of Isaac with Lisa Lewis

Making the Familiar Strange

Join Lisa Lewis, member of both Temple Israel and the Tri-Faith Initiative Board of Directors, for this session of Making the Familiar Strange as we explore the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son from a Jewish perspective.

Read or review the story: Genesis 22:1-19

Lisa Lewis has been a member of Temple Israel for 40 years, and currently serves on the Tri-Faith Initiative Board. She was a co-chair of the initial Temple Israel Tri-Faith Committee. Lisa is an attorney, retired from the practice of law, where her work was focused primarily in the areas of Juvenile and Family Law. She has historically served on boards of several community and civic organizations, as well as on the boards of numerous Jewish-focused organizations. Lisa is widowed with one married son, who has an MD/PhD in neurology, and resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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.