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...Theimann told the crowd that the sanctuary will be "a sign of hope and a center for the building of an inclusive community...
...attention has only just been drawn to a letter published by The Crimson on November 13th, in which the Dean of the Divinity School [Ronald Theimann] explains why the School refused to host the conference I was organizing, "Apartheid's Arc and the Palestinian Uprising: Making the Connections." In the interests of accuracy--and honesty--it demands a response...
...Dean Theimann cites two reasons for the refusal, and this is the first time I have heard either of them. He says "the immediate concern was that our space was inadequate to accommodate this event: Ms. Murray had spoken of an audience of 150 (or perhaps more), and the seating capacity of our lecture hall is 144." This in fact had never been brought up during the month or so we were booked to hold our event at the School. If I had known it was seen as a problem, I would have gladly put a ceiling stipulated...
...letter Dean Theimann affirms "The School's commitment to the exercise of free speech throughout the University." These are encouraging words, but the School's recent rack record seems to imply a Middle East exception to the First Amendment. As I understand it, the School's refusal to host a conference was preceded by its refusal to host a conference called "Towards Peace in the Middle East," to be sponsored by the U.S. Inter-religious Committee...
...rethinking the role of the Bible, and his work is in conversation with that of Christian scholars while at the same time of interest to scholars of Judaism," Theimann said...
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