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Hear Jane Goodall introduce the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative working to prevent tropical deforestation by raising awareness, mobilizing faith-based action, and influencing policy. The first [...]

Listen to Rabbi David Rosen, who as  “AJC’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs, has been advancing understanding and good relations between religious communities for more than [...]

A comprehensive civil society statement by the Women’s Major Group (WMG), as drafted by Beijing +25 Global Youth Task Force and others, was delivered at a regional conference in the lead up [...]

The Temple of Understanding is proud to acknowledge the award received by Dr. Karan Singh, International Chair of the Temple of Understanding- India.

The Temple of Understanding is excited to welcome our 2018 student interns to New York City and the United Nations! Read on to meet our interns and learn about the projects they will be pursuing [...]

The Temple of Understanding participated in the recent People’s Assembly in New York City, Sept 24- 25, 2019 as civil society gathered on the outskirts of the UN’s General Assembly to [...]

The youth-led climate strike in NYC on Friday September 20th was huge, inspiring, urgent and determined. Many of our faith based colleagues from the UN community were there, amidst the crowd of [...]

The Temple of Understanding greatly enjoyed connecting with colleagues and friends at this year's Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, Ontario. We are especially proud to have worked [...]

This interactive panel will focus on pragmatic aspects of women’s empowerment and sustainable development. Speakers include Puerto Rican women working towards a citizen’s audit of the debt, a [...]

As a leader in interfaith education for over 50 years, the Temple of Understanding creates programs to address the new challenges of an interconnected, global society.