[TIMESOFISRAEL] The Rev. Bruce Shipman, an Episcopal chaplain at Yale University, resigned in the wake of his letter to The New York Times that blamed rising anti-Semitism in Europe on Israel.
Blaming the victim is always popular. When the victims are Joooz it's double-plus popular... | The Episcopal Church at Yale issued a statement on September 4 announcing that Shipman, "on his own initiative, had resigned as Priest-in-Charge of the Episcopal Church at Yale, effective immediately."
The statement does not reference the letter to the Times, saying instead, "It is our belief that the dynamics between the Board of Governors and the Priest-in-Charge occasioned the resignation of the Rev. Shipman.
"The Episcopal Church at Yale, its Board of Governors, the Bishops of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, and the Rev. Bruce Shipman are all committed to a civil dialogue on difficult issues that divide peoples of this world and pledge ourselves to the prayerful and humble work of reconciliation and peace in our hurting and divided world," the statement concludes. |