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0 Education Politics

Campus updates: A divestment, a dismantling, a resignation and a cancellation

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 10 May

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.

0 Education History

When a Broader Religious Pluralism Began to Flower

Gordon Mehler in Tablet · 22 Dec 2023

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

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'But we must speak': Palestinian scholars, activists, allies address packed Manhattan crowd

Irene Katz Connelly in Forward · 2 Nov 2023

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.

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An Unlikely Friendship on Seminary Row

Gordon Mehler in Tablet · 22 Dec 2022

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