{"id":2010,"date":"2008-01-19T19:36:21","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T03:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2008-01-19T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T04:04:37","slug":"gandhi-grandson-resigns-after-criticism-of-anti-semitic-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2010","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi grandson resigns after criticism of anti-Semitic article"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad A. Greenberg writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The president of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence at the University of Rochester resigned Thursday amid criticism of a short opinion piece he wrote for The Washington Post online titled "Jewish Identity Can’t Depend on Violence<\/a>."<\/p>\n

Penned by Arun Gandhi, the fifth grandson of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, the article was widely condemned. The essay was first posted on Jan. 7 on WashingtonPost.com’s On Faith blog, a commentary consortium of some of the world’s leading religious scholars. The blog’s editors, Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham published an apology today<\/a> (Jan 18).<\/p>\n

"As “On Faith” readers know, a post by Arun Gandhi on January 7 has produced an enormous response from readers who found Gandhi’s initial remarks anti-Semitic and his subsequent apology insufficient. When we undertook this project over a year ago, we wrote that our goal was to shed light on a subject—religion—that too often generates heat. The Gandhi post failed to comply with that mission, and we can only ask our readers to extend “On Faith” a measure of forbearance and tolerance as the site endeavors to conduct a civil and illuminating conversation. We regret the initial posting, and we apologize for the episode." <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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