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By Madeleine Farr 1944 Views 5C Chabad, Chabad, Claremont Colleges, Claremont Hillel, Claremont SJP, Faculty for Justice in Palestine, Hamas, Hillel, IDF, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Oct 7, Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine, UN, United Nations

Several groups across the 5Cs hosted events this week to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023.

The Chaplains and a map of McAlister, as printed in a 1985 letter to graduate students from the Honnold Mudd special collections. L to R: Rev. Catharine Grier Calrson, Rabbi Ben Beliak, Fr. M. Francis “Frank” Meskill

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April 11, 2025 12:47 amSeptember 16, 2025 7:27 pm

Pluralism, progress, problems: 50 years of interfaith chaplaincy

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At the intersection of Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College stands the McAlister Center for Religious Activities (also called the McAlister Center for Spiritual Life), an institution many students pass every day. However, according to former Protestant Chaplain Naima Lett, 75% of the community she encountered during the 2021-2022 school year was unaware of the center’s chaplain services, which provide counseling for all students and faculty of the Claremont colleges regardless of religion. Even less known is the chaplaincy system’s fifty years of complex history, representing both the cutting edge of inclusive college campuses and archaic systems no longer relevant to student needs.

Students sit on the Marston Quad in front of Big Bridges Auditorium.

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October 11, 2024 1:27 amOctober 11, 2024 2:43 am

5C Jewish groups mourn lives lost in Oct. 7 attack

By Annabelle Ink 7194 Views 5Cs, Chabad, Claremont Hillel, Israel-Palestine, October 7

This week, various Jewish groups on campus organized mourning activities to commemorate the lives lost on Oct. 7 and in related conflicts.

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October 13, 2023 8:51 pmApril 25, 2024 4:18 pm

5C students mourn, express fear over violence in Gaza and Israel

By Ben Lauren, Maya Zhan and Maxine Davey 11899 Views ASA, Chabad, Gabi Starr, Gaza, Hamas, Hillel, Israel, Israel-Palestine, JVP, MSA, Palestine, SJP, Strom Thacker

In Claremont, Jewish students and organizations centered around Judaism on campus, as well as Palestinian students and groups supporting the Free Palestine movement, have expressed pain as they mourn those who have been killed by Hamas and the IDF. These groups have organized teach-ins, marches and vigils throughout the past week to express solidarity in painful times, even as tensions grow.

A student led shabbat service takes place indoors.

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October 8, 2020 11:25 pmOctober 9, 2020 12:22 am

Religion on a virtual campus: Claremont Chaplains transition programming online

By Michele Tang 3092 Views 7C Campus Group, Chabad, Chaplains, Claremont Colleges, Ramadan, Religion

The Chaplains of the Claremont Colleges discuss how they have adapted to the remote semester by sending care packages to students and organizing hangouts.