Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton was installed as the new Senior Minister at Riverside Church on Sunday, despite a motion filed by a group of congregants with the Manhattan State Supreme Court that contested the Reverend’s pay (exceeding $600,000 by some estimates) and the opaque selection method through which he was chosen. Questions about Rev. Braxton’s commitment to diversity and progressivism have also been raised.
Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton was installed as the new Senior Minister at Riverside Church on Sunday, despite a motion filed by a group of congregants with the Manhattan State Supreme Court that contested the Reverend’s pay (exceeding $600,000 by some estimates) and the opaque selection method through which he was chosen. Questions about Rev. Braxton’s commitment to diversity and progressivism have also been raised.
WEB UPDATE 1:00 p.m. To accommodate a religious conflict, the date for the University's commencement in 2010 will be changed, University President Lee Bollinger said in an interview on Friday morning. Stay tuned for full story in Monday's print edition.
WEB UPDATE 1:00 p.m. To accommodate a religious conflict, the date for the University's commencement in 2010 will be changed, University President Lee Bollinger said in an interview on Friday morning. Stay tuned for full story in Monday's print edition.
From the busloads of tourists competing for entrance into the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, came multiple green campaigns to promote faith, sustainability, and a better planet in the cathedral’s premier Green Day event on Saturday morning.
From the busloads of tourists competing for entrance into the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, came multiple green campaigns to promote faith, sustainability, and a better planet in the cathedral’s premier Green Day event on Saturday morning.
In honor of Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Rememberance Day—the Columbia/Barnard Hillel hosted a commemoration ceremony Monday night, run and organized by students.
In honor of Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Rememberance Day—the Columbia/Barnard Hillel hosted a commemoration ceremony Monday night, run and organized by students.
Athletic senior citizens, spandex-wearing toddlers, and everyone in between brought their bicycles, tricycles, and roller skates to the world’s largest cathedral, St. John the Divine, for a Saturday morning blessing of the city’s toughest, sweatiest commuters.
Athletic senior citizens, spandex-wearing toddlers, and everyone in between brought their bicycles, tricycles, and roller skates to the world’s largest cathedral, St. John the Divine, for a Saturday morning blessing of the city’s toughest, sweatiest commuters.
Three rabbis of different Jewish denominations walked into the Hillel Center Sunday evening. They discussed everything from homosexuality to the future of Judaism in the United States.
Three rabbis of different Jewish denominations walked into the Hillel Center Sunday evening. They discussed everything from homosexuality to the future of Judaism in the United States.
