Word: mits
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...MIT administration revoked permission Thursday to allow a Christian group called "MIT Seekers" to sponsor a Purim celebration in cooperation with "Jews for Jesus," a group of Christian Jews based in New York. The administration cancelled the celebration in response to complaints from MIT Hillel, a Jewish group, and students and faculty who criticized "Jews for Jesus," Giffone said. Hillel called the group a "proselytising organization" which does not belong at MIT, Rabbi Dan Shevitz, director of MIT Hillel, said Friday...
Giffone, a 17-year-old freshman at MIT and a member of "Jews for Jesus," said that if he obtains parental conset he will file a complaint against MIT with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), asking them to investigate the Institute's action...
Jerry Platz, the "MIT Seekers" liaison, said the "Seekers" are "very opposed to the administration's decision and will support Giffone if he takes legal action against the university...
...formal dispute originated when the Association for Student Activities (ASA) at MIT asked the Provost, Walter Rosenblith, to revoke permission for the event because some of the advertising for the event failed to bear the logo of "MIT Seekers'," the official sponsors. The posters bore only the imprint of "Jews for Jesus," a movement not recognized at MIT, according to Louis Menard, special assistant to the Provost, who cited both technical and moral grounds for cancelling the event...
...also claimed that the evangelistic nature of the event would violate a longstanding agreement at MIT that no religious group engage in missionary activity in an organized way among the members of any other religious group. Menand stated in a letter to the "MIT Seekers...