In the News
“A recent study by
Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, found 80 percent of the
adult population has some level of anxiety when faced with dental
treatment. A leading reason, the study found, is rooted in childhood
sexual abuse.”
“The
Big Flashback Thaw” Edmonton Journal (Alberta, Canada),
December 1, 2003
“Hugh Ogden of
Glastonbury, a poet and professor at Trinity College who joined the
Hartford Meeting more than two decades ago, said the practice of
silent worship, “where people wait on the spirit to lead them to
speak… is a wonderful, wonderful way to practice your faith and your
religious beliefs.”
“Quakers: From silent worship to social
activism” Connecticut Life, January 2004
“”Perhaps you would
give a couple of paragraphs to the misconception (and the
mistranslation) of the Sixth Commandment in Exodus 20:13, ‘You shall
not murder,’ as ‘You shall not kill.’ The original Hebrew, lo tirtsah.,
is very clear, since the verb ratsah. means ‘murder,’ not ‘kill.’ If
the commandment proscribed killing as such, it would position Judaism
against capital punishment and make it pacifist even in wartime. These
may be defensible or admirable views, but they’re certainly not
biblical.”
“Killing Versus Murder” by Professor of
Humanities Berel Lang
Forward, January 9, 2004
“Isaac Goldstein, a
20-year-old Trinity College junior from Coral Gables, Fla., took
advantage of a 45-minute stop at the Kotel, or Western Wall, to don
his tefillin. While praying he heard the Muslim call to evening
prayers over a loudspeaker. “My whole body got the chills. I couldn’t
believe a place as diverse as Jerusalem really existed. There I was at
the epicenter of a world conflict, praying for peace, and it was
free,” Goldstein says.”
“College students have life-changing
experiences on ‘birthright israel’”
Connecticut Jewish Ledger, January 30, 2004
“He [James F.
Jones, Jr.] comes to Trinity from a small liberal arts college in
western Michigan, taking over an older but just as intimate campus in
the East. He describes them both as “shining jewels in American
education.””
“Michigan educator takes top Trinity post”
New Haven Register, February 8, 2004
“As president of
Kalamazoo College, Jones, 56, led a movement to reposition the college
to play a pivotal role in the community. He served on a consortium of
higher education institutions in Kalamazoo to develop a number of
links between the school and the community.”
“Jones will emphasize college-community
link” Kalamazoo Gazette, February 8, 2004
“The Western
religious tradition that most emphasizes the sanctity of marriage has,
in short, made a tradition of extending it beyond the relationship of
one man and one woman, beyond any procreative context, to other
relationships that involve profound moral and spiritual commitment.”
“One Man, One Woman: One of Many
Traditions” by Mark Silk,
director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion
in Public Life
Hartford Courant, February 29, 2004
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