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Union Theological Seminary votes to divest from companies profiting from Gaza war

Union Theological Seminary’s board of trustees voted Thursday to divest from all companies profiting off the war in Gaza.

Union, a private, ecumenical school, shares a graduate studies program with Columbia University but is independent and maintains a separate, $127 million endowment, is the first US institute of higher education known to divest from the war in Gaza.

“We do it with humility and we do it with a sense of moral conviction,” said Union’s president, Serene Jones.