The Sinister Attacks on Israeli Offers of Aid to Lebanon
It would make more sense to criticize countries that don’t send humanitarian aid than to judge Israel’s aid as not sincere enough.
August 10, 2020
The Abrupt Resignation of a Progressive Theological Seminary’s First Jewish President—Who Made the Mistake of Professing His Zionism
Is there no room for Zionists at the Graduate Theological Union?
Founded in 1962 in Berkeley, California as a consortium of five Protestant institutions, the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) has since expanded to include eight schools, each representing a different Christian denomination, and several academic centers for the study of other religions, Judaism and Islam among them. In October of last year, it formally inaugurated its first non-Christian president—Rabbi Daniel Lehman—who had already held the job for a year. While GTU celebrated Lehman’s inauguration with much fanfare as a milestone of pluralism and tolerance, it had little to say when he left the position four months later.
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What African American Politics Illuminates about Jewish American Politics
A key component of both groups’ identities.
The Sage Who Brought the Talmud to the Masses
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The Abrupt Resignation of a Progressive Theological Seminary’s First Jewish President—Who Made the Mistake of Professing His Zionism
Is there no room for Zionists at the Graduate Theological Union?
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