Columbia-Affiliated Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest from Israel’s War on Gaza 

Thats amazing a university behaving like a university instead of as a corporation.

now THIS is the christianity I was taught as a kid 👏🏼👏🏼

Dr Serene Jones speaks with absolute clarity on the position of her institution- moral, principled and not swayed by political interference. What a courageous leader. We need more of her🙏👏👏

Free Americans from AIPAC!

Fortunately a few schools still know right from wrong.

The country: US The police: IDF

Divestment is winning ✊ Thank you Union Theological 🎓📜

All Christians have the responsibility to speak out and act to seek for justice. I am so proud of you Union Theological Seminary. God bless! 🙏

Columbia University: TAKE NOTES from Reverend Dr. Serene Jones of Union Theological Seminary! Very Well done Reverend Serene!!!

She is a truly compassionate, honest and a wonderful being.

Disclose! Divest! 🪖💰💥 We will not stop 🎓 We will not rest ✊

Reverend Dr. Serene Jones is a wonderful person, inclusive of all religions and people from all walks of life, and to stand on the right side of history! Imagine if presidents of institutions were like her! It's actions like hers that create real safety and peace.

Voice of sanity, voice for good

Divest and boycott! Simple!

Proud Union alum 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 may this moral leadership continue at other institutions!

Thank you DrJones❤❤❤

Thank you Union Theological Seminary and thank you President Jones! The movement grows and the fire within glows!

I love this! Finally, a voice for all of us Christians who are not uber conservatives like the ones we always see in the media! Thank you! And thank you to Dr. Jones & the board of Union Theological Seminary for providing a safe space on your campus for demonstrators from other universities! ❤

Wonderful! What an example of justice, learning, thinking, by this union, a sanctuary for the students… more should join

Sounds like an institution of learning that has a moral vision. Thank you.

Atleast there are some universities with morals.

Dr Serene Jones you are beautiful soul.

Respect Professor

Humanity First remains to be the Path for Peace,

Wonderful Lady---very Professional and VERY 'Humane"!

Bless you and thank you for your empathy and leadership, Dr. Jones. Others across US universities and educational institutions should learn from the examples you set!

DO I CONDEMN HAMAS ? Only in the same way I would condemn the French Resistance for the way they opposed their brutal occupiers! History has judged the French people as Heroes.

Bless all the protesting students & faculty, for standing up for the truth!❤❤❤🤲🤲🤲🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸💔💔💔

God Almighty bless and help all The Brave Peace Makers. You're Not Alone, All Humanity is with You. This is "Western and Developing Countries' Human Rights, Freedom of Speech and Democracy..!!!!!!!!!!!!

❤ much respect and admiration for you Dr. Jones. You have earned your wings. ❤️

If I was a student arrested on campus with the express permission of my university, I would sue them for millions.

I'm a neighbor and the bldg. has been sitting alone and very quitely, for ages/decades.

Iowa is a horrific state. My pension funds can not divest in Isreal companies until a state law changes. Another example....our wealth are given $7500 to subsidize the cost of private high school that the working class can not afford....

FREE PALESTINE

Thank you. I hope other schools follow you. You are a role model.

She wants students to find and use their Voice, As Long as the students say what the teachers want them to say...

STUDENTS ARE GREAT HUMAN BEINGS AND MORAL SOLDIERS.

Thank you, Reverand Jones.

This is what universities should be!

Salute to Reverend Dr. Serene Jones. May the Creator of Heaven, Earth & All Bless Your Good Deeds & Patriotic Humanity to Freedom & Justice. Thank You Reverend Dr. Serene Jones. Thank You.

A light shining through so much darkness 💚

Way to go Rev. Dr. Jones! 🙌🏽 UTS New York continues to function as a moral beacon.

Wondering person she is, so much respect 🙏 ❤

Stop fascism against university students‼⁉❌❌❌🛑 Solidarity with the brave students.🧑‍🎓👨‍🎓♥♥♥🌹🌹🌹🍉🍉🍉

Wow when leadership and values come together ...wow wow

A most beautiful and welcome light at the end of a dark tunnel. Blessings to you all! 🙂

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

If they ever manage to get their wish on a centralized digital currency they will just flick the switch on people like this.

Jews today; Christians tomorrow; Atheist next . Then, your music (white, European, oppressor music). Then your art and your literature. There is no end, as Konrad, JBP and others point out so eloquently.

Thank you.

As a non US citizen (English/British) it is up lifting to listen to the dialog of Dr Jones, I must confess, I was forming the opinion that US academia had been corrupted however; it is good to see the traditions and customs of the freedoms of higher education are alive and well. I applaud you, your establishment and setting.

Israel is supposed to give back the land it conquered after having been attacked in 1948 and 1967. A land that assured their security. What about Western countries who kept the land they conquered although they were the attackers? An example: Britain and the Opium War in China in around 1840. Britain forced China to import opium. China declared opium illegal and wanted to stop the opium trade. Britain attacked China and forced it to trade opium and sign the treaty of Nanjing that gave Hong Kong to the British Empire. Hong Kong was “occupied “for 100 years. Another example: the Rock of Gibraltar in Spain. It was captured by the British in 1794 and still belongs to Britain... And what about France and all the colonies they kept for over 100 years, although they were also the attackers? What about some of those colonies that France still occupies? New Caledonia for example. As for the US, they don’t occupy land, but they put puppets in South American governments and help terrorists. They installed Pinochet in Chile because Allende was caring for the people. So, please, Britain, France, and the US look at the plank you have in your eyes before trying to remove the speck from Israel’s eye, and stop saying do what I say but don’t do what I do.

Brava, Dr. Jones. Serene in deed.

I’m sure Raytheon and General Dynamics will miss all of the weapon purchases they will no longer get from the union theologic seminary.

University admin is a joke.

Thank you!

Good on you, Serene Jones. We need more leaders like you.

A seder for love, peace and inclusion. - a beautiful gesture. This genocide is happening in the Holy Land. It's time, now, to save the children of Palestine and Israel and come together in peace

Serene is a good name for you Dr. Jones

Thank you ❤❤❤

Due Dissidence: Arkansas Woman SMEARS Student Protesters on MSNBC

Rise Humanity rise. Rise up from all of the lies. Rise up to clarity, let go of old ideology. Humanity is one big family! What injures you injures me. It is time that we become free, and trust our own guide from within and begin; to heal Humanity as a whole, joining each other soul to soul. Namaste

I’m so impressed by this guy. Rene Lichtman is so very knowledgeable and correct in his views. During this interview he covers just about everything to do with this situation perfectly. The world of people are so insane it’s simply frightening. The so called good people are the bad people and they don’t even know it or they just don’t care.

Kudos and bravo for the Union Theological Seminary for supporting student protests and to divest from war profiting companies. “Not a hard decision on our part “ Brava.

It is well-worth noting that this type of divestment is *not* actually what most protesters are demanding. The very specific wording of the public statement shows that UTS is divesting only from those companies who they determine are *profiting from* the war. The demands on most campuses are to divest from companies who do business with the Israeli government. I have heard some calls for cutting ties with those profiting from the war, but the difference is pretty important (and also not important at the same time). What UTS is doing in some ways goes further than the protesters' demand, and in other ways falls extremely short. Just to be clear, UTS's divestment is amazing, and at worst is a good compromise. But when targeting only companies who profit from the war, the financial impact is spread across multinational corporations who can all seek alternate business; compared to the protesters' demands to divest from companies who do business with the Israeli government, which would directly target the Israeli government and focus the financial burden on them, which in theory will change their choice of actions. The UTS's plan has the advantage of targeting more businesses who may be "on both sides" of the war. But in all certainty is a less effective strategy if the intended outcome is to make the Israeli government stop what they are doing. Hopefully this is a non-partisan enough way to explain things. I am happy for the UTS's announcement, but also aware of its very specific wording and carefully selective approach. And I still think it is an overall great move in any case, so I don't mean to criticize too much.

How could Union Theological Seminary not vote to divest? I’m a little curious as to why it took THIS long.

excellent interview . Divest from these companies that is aiding Israel in this genoicde

Thank you, Dr!

We need to have Michael Hudson back on to explain how money, debt and finance capital work. Even a "money market fund", for example, is essentially an investment in Sumitomo, Mitsubishi and JP Morgan. You can't control where the money goes from there.

President Jones--if only there were more like you we would have a fairer future for all. Kudos

Congratulations on😅 the theological seminar. At last we find a university that is behaving in the way that is appropriate for a higher educational establishment. 💚🦉🍉. REAL EDUCATION!

This gives me hope Palestine will be free. Israel can't function without money. They are an occupation not a state.

This gives me so much hope. I can't even express the gratitude and relief in knowing that there are good shepherds out there that are not leading their flocks astray. This gives me so much hope that there are leaders, teachers, evangelists, pastors and administrators in the Body of Christ who stand on scriptures as their rock and foundation in these difficult days. May the Lord continue His good work through His servants as we shine brighter and brighter until the final day.

UTS isn't "affiliated" with Columbia. They share a doctoral program, but UTS is an independent institution. I'm very proud to be a UTS alumna.

Thank you. Brava!

Thank God for people like these 2 🙏 And I'm an atheist. What times we live in! 😢

Çok şükür Rabbime. Hala insanlık değerlerine sahip insanlar varmış. Sayın hocama SAYGILAR ve SEVGİLER.

We have never been a democracy, we are a constitutional republic if we can keep it!

Thanks Amy!

There has been a deafening silence, bordering on complicity,from Christian religious leaders over the last 7 months. Rev Munther Isaac said it best in his Christmas sermon from Bethlehem.

Wonderful, warm, action- focused role model.

Thank you ❤️

God bless the reverend.

It's a trickle now Soon it will be a river Saw the same thing with south africa in the 70s and 80s They used they same language and tatics

Never had a good experience with guys from a union. They will picket infront of our building holding up trucks even though we aren’t unionized they drive 5 hours to our location to slow down our production.

I'm in awe of this woman.

Seeing a Christian university to do this is wild given how much the evangelical machine is sided with Israel

Thank you

OMG Dr.Jones, I imagined "short rounds" voice in Indiana Jones lol... I need help. Love you ladies, love democracy now, thank you Union theological! Free Palestine from Israel, free America from Israel and AIPAC!

❤Union Thelogical Seminary❤

Free Julian Assange free Humanity free Palestine 🇵🇸

Bravo, UTS!!!

Be well Amy ♥😟

What kind of ‘supporters’ they are if they get paid for this vandalism.

Remove all federal funding for Columbia University

Amazing. Theological Seminary has my deep respect.

The only sanity I have heard on the topic.. If you don’t like South Africa’s apartheid state, you likely don’t care for Israel’s. Well done.

Free free Palestine🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🫶🫶

Just imagine if she was president of Columbia

I think Jesus in his Heaven is smiling and is glad to see that someone understood his message!