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A University of Cincinnati Professor is one of 100 religious voices chosen to write a letter to President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and members of the 117th Congress to promote peace. The tradition began with the 2016 election of President Trump.
Rabbi Matthew Kraus s letter will be sent March 9.
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Rabbi Matthew Kraus, head of UC s department of Judaic Studies, first learned of the American Values, Religious Voices: 100 Days, 100 Letters program through Hebrew Union College.
He likes how it models the diversity of voices both religious and geographical. And on a more personal level, after the election of 2016, in class we had a conversation with students and what they were really concerned about was the toxcicity of discourse, he says. They wanted to be able to have conversations without people screaming at each other.