INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR RELIGIOUS PEACE
Organized by Embrace Foundation in 1985 at the United Nations Chapel. Religious leaders from around the world representing the: Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, Sufi, Baha'i, Jain, Sikh
and Zoroastrian traditions (encompassing many denominations) addressed the media on issues of objective reporting in areas of conflict. They also emphasized the need for less sensationalism and
more positivism in news reporting worldwide.
SPECIAL HONORARY FOUNDING MEMBERS
Advisory& Lecture Board
(names by alphabetical order)
Sheikh Mubarak Ahmed, Islam, Pakistan, Africa, USA
Mother Tessa Bielecki, Christianity-Catholic, USA & Canada
Rev. Beatrice Blair, Christianity-Protestant
Dr. Richard Boeke, Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Chitrabhanu, Jainism, India
Rabbi Meir Fund, Judaism - Hasidic
Khambo Lama Kh.Gaadan, Mahayana Buddhism, Mongolia
Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman, Judaism, Interfaith Seminary, USA
Dr. (Sister) Marie Goldstein, RHSM, Christianity-Catholic, Jerusalem
Dr. Fung Hu-hsiang, Confucianism, Taiwan, ROC
Dr. P. Jayaraman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, India, USA
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Sufi Order in the West, USA & Europe
Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Hinduism, US & India
Venerable K. Piyatissa, Theravada Buddhism, Sri Lanka
His Holiness Tri Rinpoche, Gelupa Order, Tibetan Buddhism, India
Father Herbert Rogers, S.J., Christianity-Catholicism
Swami Satchidananda, Hinduism, Yoga, International
Rabbi Zalman Schachter, Judaism, USA & Israel
Dr. Gopal Singh, Sikhism, India
Rev. Brian Smeatan, Christianity Protestant, Republic of Ireland
Rabbi Ronald Sobel, Reform Judaism
Rev. Jomyo Tanaka San, Shingon Buddhism, Japan, Europe, USA
Dr. Thich Huyen-Vi, Vietnamese Buddhism, France
John Yungblut, Society of Friends
Dr. K.D. Irani, Zoroastrianism
Advisory& Lecture Board
(names by alphabetical order)
Sheikh Mubarak Ahmed, Islam, Pakistan, Africa, USA
Mother Tessa Bielecki, Christianity-Catholic, USA & Canada
Rev. Beatrice Blair, Christianity-Protestant
Dr. Richard Boeke, Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Chitrabhanu, Jainism, India
Rabbi Meir Fund, Judaism - Hasidic
Khambo Lama Kh.Gaadan, Mahayana Buddhism, Mongolia
Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman, Judaism, Interfaith Seminary, USA
Dr. (Sister) Marie Goldstein, RHSM, Christianity-Catholic, Jerusalem
Dr. Fung Hu-hsiang, Confucianism, Taiwan, ROC
Dr. P. Jayaraman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, India, USA
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Sufi Order in the West, USA & Europe
Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Hinduism, US & India
Venerable K. Piyatissa, Theravada Buddhism, Sri Lanka
His Holiness Tri Rinpoche, Gelupa Order, Tibetan Buddhism, India
Father Herbert Rogers, S.J., Christianity-Catholicism
Swami Satchidananda, Hinduism, Yoga, International
Rabbi Zalman Schachter, Judaism, USA & Israel
Dr. Gopal Singh, Sikhism, India
Rev. Brian Smeatan, Christianity Protestant, Republic of Ireland
Rabbi Ronald Sobel, Reform Judaism
Rev. Jomyo Tanaka San, Shingon Buddhism, Japan, Europe, USA
Dr. Thich Huyen-Vi, Vietnamese Buddhism, France
John Yungblut, Society of Friends
Dr. K.D. Irani, Zoroastrianism
Embrace Foundation is a non-profit, educational foundation set up to create better understanding between people of different religions, cultures, traditions and world philosophies.
Embrace Foundation works to bring leaders and scholars of world-wide religions, cultures and philosophies together by sponsoring forums, seminars, lectures and developing an international exchange program. Embrace Foundation is particularly concerned with reaching the world public through the media.
Embrace Foundation works to bring leaders and scholars of world-wide religions, cultures and philosophies together by sponsoring forums, seminars, lectures and developing an international exchange program. Embrace Foundation is particularly concerned with reaching the world public through the media.
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