BRATTLEBORO — Tom Ragle discusses the future of liberal thinking as we lose liberal institutions such as Marlboro College. Twice, he leaps over 1,700 years of Western civilization as he indicates large-scale cultural change from paganism to Christianity.
I feel astonished. What about Judaism?
Judaism may not be important to Mr. Ragle personally, but it is important in liberal education. And it is especially important during a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise.
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