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A Time to Embrace: Creating Interfaith Community asks, "What if faith could build bridges instead of walls?" This bold new book by Caleb Gilmore and David B. Bloom invites Christians and Reform Jews into meaningful dialogue and collaboration rooted in shared values. In a world often divided by difference, this book offers a path toward unity, compassion, and spiritual connection. Whether you're a faith leader, a seeker, or someone passionate about interfaith understanding, this is your invitation to embrace the conversation.

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Rev. Dr. Caleb Gilmore is the Teaching Pastor at Crossings Knoxville, a nondenominational church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a Hebrew Bible instructor at Johnston University. He is an alumnus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. His wife, Kristi, and children, Harvie and Ellie, are his motivation for all he does. In his spare time, he enjoys writing, exercising, and finding ways to participate in the Knoxville community.

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Born and raised in Louisville, David B. Bloom graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, and French. He subsequently receieved an MA in Hebrew Letters and rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. A member of Norton Hospital's ??????????? Committee, he He has worked at Miami University Hillel, Chautauqua Institution, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Cincinnati, and various congregations, most recently Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Rabbi David Bloom earned a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letter and rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, he worked at various congregations and organizations as a rabbinical student. He most recently served as a part-time rabbi at Temple B'nai Israel in Amarillo, Texas. Now a medical student, he plans to combine the practice of medicine with the rabbinate.


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