Would have passed, the exhibit on your way in tonight, marks an that markscument in an episode when president Abraham Lincoln directly interceded for american jews. Generale document is ulysses grants december 1862 general order to expel jews from the department of tennessee. Grant blamed jews for smuggling and demanded their immediate removal. Jewish citizens of paducah, kentucky appealed to president lincoln, expressing their outrage, and lincoln countermanded grants order. Histories cannot be written without the primary sources that tell us authentically what happened at a particular time. Grants order to expel jews and his later revocation of that order documents preserved here in the national archives, testify to a moment in history that many in the wider public are not aware of, yet it cannot be forgotten, because the records exist to tell us so. By gathering together and publishing the documents in his volume, dr. Zola has given access to a large number of primary source documen
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May 5, 2021
In a typical, non-pandemic year, The Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC hosts an Interfaith Iftar Dinner during Ramadan. But this is not a typical year. The world continues to grapple with the struggles of COVID-19, and religious communities everywhere are missing face-to-face opportunities for worship and fellowship. In this struggle, on Friday, April 30th the Embassy decided to host an Interfaith prayer service via Zoom and streamed to an audience on Facebook Live. In spite of the less than ideal circumstances, the “Interfaith Prayer for Peace and Harmony” set an example for religious leaders everywhere that religious tolerance is crucial to our collective wellbeing.
citizens. our churches are going to have to be ready to live in a world in which we cannot simply assume a definition of marriage and family. also calling attention to genocide around the world, people from all 50 states made artificial bones to display on washington s national mall. welcome, i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us this week of important and controversial supreme court decisions. tim o brien reports on the court s rulings on gay marriage, on voting rights, and on race as a factor in admissions to colleges and universities. then, kim lawton sums up the reactions of religious communities to the court s gay marriage decisions. tim begins with affirmative action. reporter: no issue had tied up the court longer this year than whether to uphold affirmative action at the university of texas at austin, where being african-american helps in being admitted. diversity, and let s be more pointed, racial diversity, is used as one factor among many.