Filipinos Say 'Stand Up to China or Beg for Mercy'
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- This Friday, May 11th, Filipinos in the Philippines will rally in front of the China Consulate in Makati to protest China’s “creeping invasion” of the Philippines in the Scarborough Shoal. There will be similar simultaneous protest actions in front of all the consular offices of China in the United States and in Canada as well as in other cities around the world.
Avi Bernstein named Osher Lifelong Learning Institute director
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- Association of American Universities
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- Brandeis University
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- Employment Change
- Generic Relations
- Lifelong learning
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
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- Rabb School of Continuing Studies
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- Stanley Osher
Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'
As a rule, Sister Brigid McDonald tries not to pay too much attention to papal pronouncements, but Pope Benedict XVI’s recent decision to rein in American nuns, found by a Vatican investigation to harbor “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith,” caught her attention.
For Some, Occupy Movement is a Test of Faith
Many in the Occupy Wall Street movement frame their advocacy in religious terms. For one Brooklyn clergyman, that means tension with some churches, and challenges for his own congregation.
The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism
Hear historian Dr. Daniel Greene speak about his new book, The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism. In it, he traces the emergence of cultural pluralism to a group of Jewish college students and intellectuals who faced challenges as they sought to integrate themselves into the early 20th-century American academic and literary circles.
The Coconut on the Seder Plate: A Biography of the Contemporary Haggadah
Vanessa Ochs, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, discusses the history of the contemporary Haggadah.
Man claims Chicago-area priest molested him as boy
A former altar boy at a church in Chicago's southern suburbs claims in a lawsuit that he was molested by a Catholic priest in the 1980s.The suit, filed Tuesday, accuses the now-deceased priest, the Rev. John Curran, of luring young boys to his room in the rectory of St.
Archdiocese joins Great Schools Compact
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has officially joined the Great Schools Compact, with Mayor Nutter calling it a "historic" move toward cooperation by two once-rival systems – both of which face shrinking enrollment, excess buildings, dwindling resources, and questions of quality.
Stories of identity, survival, comedy featured in 15th Jewish film festival
From the U.S. premieres of recently restored comedies, to a spotlight on Polish films and a focus on identity, the 15th annual National Center for Jewish Film film festival – JewishFilm.2012 – offers viewers a wide variety of options. Comprised of 15 films in all, is being held at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art and the West Newton Cinema from April 18 to 29.
