On Thursday February 9, students, faculty members and community members packed Metcalf Auditorium to hear from a rising star of the Democratic party -- Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, and one of America’s leading religious thinkers and speakers -- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, together on one stage.
The two speakers discussed their two-decade-long friendship, the political process, and pathways to creating social change. The Brown Daily Herald offered front-page coverage to the event, and the article is available here.
The conversation continued after the event when Rabbi Boteach spoke twice at Hillel over the course of Shabbat. On Friday night, he gave a speech on "The Tyranny of Perfection," and on Saturday afternoon offered teachings about "Understanding a God who is Silent to Suffering."
The Third World Center and the Swearer Center for Public Service helped support the lecture.