Author: Esther Brandon


Posted on: March 18th, 2011

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Category: Esther, Guest Post

The lovely Cathy Messier wrote up a review of the Community Arts Forum! Enjoy! On Thursday, March 3, members of the three schools of creative arts met for the Community Arts Forum in the Laurie Theater – the first event of its kind at Brandeis. The purpose of this forum was to establish shared goals [...]

Author: Erica Hope


Posted on: March 9th, 2011

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Category: Guest Post, Honesty

As I am sure most people know by now, this week the Brandeis Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) applied to be a member group of Hillel at Brandeis. After careful and thoughtful deliberation we are not able to recognize JVP at this time. Here is my take on this: Unlike many people, when [...]

Author: Esther Brandon


Posted on: March 8th, 2011

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Category: Esther, Guest Post, National Issues, Protect the Powerless, Take Action, The Public Good

Here is a fantastic job offer from Sarah Bayer! Many of you have no doubt been following coverage of the crisis in Wisconsin. As Paul Adler wrote here recently, the labor movement is at a critical point in its history. With workers under attack in statehouses and corporate boardrooms across the country, the United Auto [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: February 25th, 2011

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Category: Brandeis Values, Guest Post

This is a guest post from Paul Adler. Paul graduated Brandeis in ’04 and is now a PhD student at Georgetown studying history. He’s a really smart and friendly guy. First of all, thank you to Sahar for inviting me to comment here, a real honor. The above is a photo from the March on [...]

Author: Esther Brandon


Posted on: February 16th, 2011

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Category: Guest Post

From Alex Kern, Protestant Chaplain, for the Interfaith Chaplaincy: Dear Brandeis family: Blessings and peace be with each of you. Chaplaincy is deeply saddened by the death last night of a dear member of our Brandeis community, Kat Sommers. We are holding Kat, her family, her friends, and the entire Brandeis community in our prayers [...]

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