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GOODMAN: Redefining the Jewish Past

GOODMAN: Redefining the Jewish Past

By Ben Goodman November 22, 2019

My favorite childhood movie “The Lion King” provides the perfect analogy for my Jewish identity. In the film’s turning point, Rafiki tracks down and confronts Simba, who lives in exile after his...

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Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan (center) was appointed as Georgetown’s first full-time director for Hindu Life in August, when he also became the first ever Hindu priest Chaplain in the United States.

VIEWPOINT: In Remembering Our Ancestors, A Glimmer of Hope

By Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan January 13, 2017

I arrived on the Hilltop last August from the United Kingdom, a country engulfed in a national identity crisis, to another nation gearing up for a political showdown. Yet, instead of preoccupying myself...

QUALLEN: Slaverys Remnants, Buried and Overlooked

QUALLEN: Slavery’s Remnants, Buried and Overlooked

By Matthew Quallen September 11, 2015

Two weeks ago, the roughly 1,580 students comprising the Class of 2019 arrived on campus.  Beginning with New Student Orientation and trailing into the first months of their time on campus, these thousand...

Accepting the Past as Past

By Jasmine White April 17, 2015

It is hard to believe that my freshman year of college is almost over. It feels like just yesterday I was back in Alabama packing up my things, excited to be going out and living on my own for the first...

CARLSON: Applying Past to Future

CARLSON: Applying Past to Future

By Kent Carlson April 25, 2014

In his Easter vigil homily, Pope Francis discussed Jesus’ call to his disciples to return to Galilee. It symbolizes the return home and the return to one’s origins after a long journey. In the Christian...

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