Zionist head of major theological consortium has been pushed out

Ed.'s note: This is optimistic news. Time to separate your spiritual growth from Christian-Zionism and political Zionism. Islamophobia was intentionally imprinted into the minds of Americans weaponizing Islam when 19 Muslim hijackers who were "fourth level workers", were used in an elaborate intelligence operation stretching from Germany to Florida as proxies to "crash Boeing aircraft into buildings" on September 11, 2001. Do you want to find your own humanity inside of you through independent spiritual growth, or do you want to become more "religious" by being a "Christian progressive?" Politicizing religion in America in principle is the same as weaponizing Islam but without guns and car bombs.
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 Source: If Americans Knew

MARCH 21, 2020 | By If Americans Knew staff

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann at his inauguration as president of the Graduate Theological Union, October 24, 2019, Berkeley, California.

Amid concerns about Rabbi Lehmann's 'Islamophobic statements and anti-Palestinian views,' the GTU board accepted his resignation. The Interim president will convene a 'healing task force' and support Palestine programs…

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann has resigned as president of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) after concerns surfaced about his 'Islamophobic statements and anti-Palestinian views'. GTU is reportedly "the most comprehensive center for the graduate study of religion in North America."

Based in Berkeley, California, GTU has long been known for its commitment to justice, peace, and interfaith cooperation. It consists of eight Christian schools and nine academic centers and affiliates. It includes diverse faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism.

Upon being named GTU president in 2018, Lehmann's statements to news media suggested that he had expected to change what he called GTU's "progressive Christian" orientation.

Instead, community members pushed Lehmann out over his attacks on a respected Berkeley professor, his "racist" views, and his support for "an apartheid regime."

Lehmann's record had been detailed in an article by Alison Weir last September, which had led to concern among GTU students and faculty. Handouts with information from Weir's report were then distributed by activists at Lehmann's inauguration.

A few months later an An Open Letter to the Leadership of the GTU was published on the Internet stating that Lehmann's espoused views "contradict the freedom struggles of people of color and Palestinians, GTU's tradition of solidarity with people suffering violations of systemic harm and the International Declaration of Human Rights."

The letter urged GTU to take four actions on the issue. These included issuing apologies to the Muslim community and a local professor, and for GTU "to declare commitment to social justice within a transnational scope," and state that this is violated "by the racist, apartheid nature of Israel and political Zionism."

The letter was signed by 96 GTU alumni and former faculty members and 114 other national clergy and Bay Area community members.

Please go to If Americans Knew to read how Zionists are being forced out of American institutions.
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