Word: oven
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Dunster House tutor Noel Ignatiev--whose opposition to Harvard's funding of a toaster oven reserved for kosher use has angered some Jewish students--defended his stance at a discussion in the house last night...
...letter last week to Dunster House Dining Hall Manager Gerald A. Ardolino, Ignatiev requested the removal of either the oven or the sign labelling its use as restricted, on the grounds that the appliance's use is restricted along sectarian lines...
...tutor said in his letter that the purchase of the oven by the Universi- ty demonstrates "improper partiality towardsone group...
Ignatiev's claim that the "purchase of a toaster oven, reserved exclusively for kosher use, is an example of improper partiality toward one group" suggests that the use of the toaster oven is some how exclusive to those who observe kosher laws, thus resulting in "partiality." Such a claim is false, as it ignores many individuals who partake of the food from the kosher table and use the oven as Muslims, Jews, vegetarians and those who just want to have a kosher bagel for the cultural experience. I cannot begin to imagine which "one group" Ignatiev is referring to, when...
...letter, Ignatiev compares the placement of non-kosher food in the toaster oven rendering it non-kosher to the prohibition of non-religious functions "in Memorial Church, on the grounds that they would desecrate it." I am horrified that a tutor of my house, whose purpose is to foster harmony and tolerance among students, has reduced my religious principles and my motives for observing them to preventative measures against desecration committed...