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...inform her that we would be unable to approve her request. Issues regarding the potential controversy of the conference, additional security requirements, and institutional sponsorship were not factors in the decision. Our response was based solely on the suitability and availability of our facilities on that date. Ronald F. Thiemann Dean. Harvard Divinity School
WHEN Divinity School Dean Ronald Thiemann last week cancelled a planned forum comparing Israel and South Africa, the debate over the propriety of that comparison was rekindled on campus...
...example of the last case is "Apartheid's Arc," a forum on Israel and South Africa that a group of pro-Palestinian activists planned to hold at the Divinity School. After Divinity School Dean Ronald Thiemann correctly rejected the organizers' request to hold the conference on campus, the conference was moved to another location...
...support Thiemann's decision regardless of what one thinks of the topic. Supporters of Israel might point out that Israel is a democracy where citizens of all races vote and hold office, while South Africa is a tyranny of a white minority over the Black majority. Some might also note that Israel has given extensive technological and agricultural assistance to Black-African countries, or even that several Arab countries have strong economic ties to South Africa...
That wasn't good enough for Divinity School Dean Ronald Thiemann, who decided to bar the conference. "It is not an appropriate event to have here," said another Divinity School administrator...