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...After graduating from Wesleyan, he worked for the Jewish Labor Committee and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). He reportedly decided to go to business school so he could help unions navigate the business world...
...Franco, who maintained a sheepish demeanor throughout the roast, first had his manhood called into question when Hasty Pudding Theatricals producer Pierce E. Tria ’10 brought up Franco’s admission to The New York Times that—despite growing up with a Jewish mother—he had never had a Bar Mitzvah. “We can’t give him Man of the Year if he’s not a man!” said fellow Hasty Pudding producer Charlotte E. Twaalfhoven ’10, who roasted Franco along...
...Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms," drew activists and lawyers, Islamic scholars and anthropologists. Malaysian investment bankers sat in seminars with social workers from New Zealand, Thai anthropologists and American law professors. Feminist activists traded business cards with Islamic scholars. U.N. officials attended lectures parsing Koranic verses. Catholic and Jewish progressives shared their strategies for taking on hide-bound religious authorities. "Being here, you feel we are not alone," says Shilpa Kashelkar Nipunge, an Indian NGO worker says. "We're all together in this, and it gives us the power in this struggle." (See pictures of Malaysia...
...meeting last week between Pope Benedict XVI and leaders of the global Jewish community served to ease the tension between the two religions, caused by the Pope’s decision to reinstate four previously excommunicated bishops back into the Roman Catholic Church. In particular, the reinstatement of Bishop Richard Williamson has outraged Jewish leaders, who point to his public skepticism of the Holocaust as evidence of anti-Semitism. Many have called for the Pope to re-excommunicate Williamson from the church. While the Pope’s efforts to meet with Jewish leaders in order to explain his decision...
...program. Such views would make his appointment anathema to Tehran, not least because of Ross's own long-established connections to Israel. In Arab capitals, he was generally regarded as biased toward Israel throughout the Oslo peace process, and his central role in bodies such as the Jerusalem-based Jewish People Policy Planning Institute and the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran will hardly endear him to the Iranians...