Amid ongoing student protests related to the Israel-Gaza war, recent developments on U.S. college campuses include the dismantling of a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT leading to arrests, Union Theological Seminary's decision to divest from companies profiting from the war, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead canceling a commencement speech at UMass Amherst due to police handling of protesters, and Cornell President Martha Pollack's resignation.

Reinhold Niebuhr and Abraham Joshua Heschel were influential American religious figures of the last century and unlikely friends.

A literary event organized by the Palestinian Festival of Literature took place at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, addressing the current climate of intimidation facing students expressing pro-Palestinian views on college campuses.

Reinhold Niebuhr and Abraham Joshua Heschel, two influential religious figures, formed an unlikely friendship despite their theological differences.