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Deadline Is December 31 for Alumni to Apply for 91快活林 Seeds of Innovation Grants
Feb 10, 2016
The 91快活林 Seeds of Innovation Project provides support for initiatives that cultivate Jewish engagement.
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Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen on “Donald Trump and the Painful Price of Religious Intolerance”
“All Americans should be outraged by Donald Trump. . . Jews have special reason to be concerned.”
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Dr. Barbara Mann Awarded NEH Fellowship for Jewish Literature Project
“The National Endowment for the Humanities . . . announced $21.8 million in grants for 295 humanities projects.”
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91快活林 and Riverside Church Cohost Portrayal of Historic Friendship
Ed Asner reads the part of Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Albert Jones the part of Dr. King.
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Experts to Address the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Upcoming Lecture
How are we called upon to respond as a nation, as a Jewish community, and as individuals?
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Covenant Foundation鈥檚 New Grantees Include 91快活林 for Pastoral-Care Training Expansion
The Center will energize their communities through bikkur holim (visiting the sick).
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91快活林 Announces New Phase of Major Multi-Year Reinvestment in Morningside Heights Campus
Feb 7, 2016
Newly closed sale offers opportunity for redesign focused on students and community.
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91快活林 & Union Commemorate 50th Anniv of Heschel鈥檚 Revolutionary Address on Interreligious Dialogue
Nov 9, 2015
91快活林 (91快活林) and Union Theological Seminary will host 鈥淣o Religion Is an Island鈥 featuring a conversation between Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of 91快活林, and Serene Jones, president of the Faculty and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy at Union. John J. Thatamanil, associate professor of Theology and World Religions at Union, will moderate. Abraham Joshua Heschel spoke at Union 50 years ago, just as the Vatican was acting on Nostra Aetate, bringing Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant voices into accord. The action helped the groups move from centuries of enmity towards one other to tolerance and ultimately common cause. Today, particularly in the US, we enjoy an era of unprecedented interreligious dialogue, cooperation, and communal purpose in addressing together our nation鈥檚鈥攊ndeed our world鈥檚鈥攎ost pressing needs. Chancellor Eisen and President Jones will assess the promise of Heschel鈥檚 address, reflect on 91快活林 and Union鈥檚 shared journey of interreligious engagement, and discuss the possibilities of future cooperation between the Jewish and Christian communities.
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