Mose Durst

Mose Durst

Mose Durst (1939- ) is an author, educator, and the former national president of the Unification Church of the United States.[1] He was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City; then an Orthodox Jewish community; to immigrants from Russia. He received a Master's degree and Ph.D while studying English Literature at the University of Oregon. He taught at Laney College in Oakland, California. In 1972 he converted from Judaism[2] and joined the Unification Church in Oakland, then became a lecturer and a church leader in California. In 1974, he married Korean missionary Yon Soo Lim, and they led the Northern California church together.

In 1980, Durst was appointed by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon as the president of the American church.[3][4] [5] In 1984 Durst expressed regret over misunderstandings between Unification Church members and some members of the Jewish community. He placed blame for this both on the community's "insecurity" and on Unification Church members' "youthful zeal and ignorance."[6] The same year he also wrote in his autobiographical book: "Our relations with the Jewish community have been the most painful to me personally. I say this with a heavy heart, since I was raised in the Jewish faith and am proud of my heritage."[7]

Durst now teaches literature and history to middle school students at the Principled Academy, a Unification Church sponsored school in San Leandro, California, and is the chairman of the school's board. He has published seven books: To Bigotry, No Sanction: Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church, Principled Education, Shakespeare’s Plays, and Oakland, California: Towards A Sustainable City,[8] and two children’s books.[9]

References

  1. ^ Children of a Lesser God, by Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2001.
  2. ^ "Religion: Sun Myung Moon's Goodwill Blitz". Time Magazine. April 22, 1985. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966889,00.html. 
  3. ^ Neil Duddy Interview: Dr. Mose Durst.
  4. ^ excerpts The Unification Church, Studies in Contemporary Religion Massimo Introvigne, Signature Books, ISBN 1-56085-145-7.
  5. ^ "Religion: Sun Myung Moon's Goodwill Blitz". Time Magazine. April 22, 1985. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966889,00.html. 
  6. ^ "Unification Church seen as persecuted", The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 15, 1984, page 4
  7. ^ To Bigotry, No Sanction, Mose Durst, 1984
  8. ^ Oakland, California: Towards A Sustainable City, AuthorHouse.
  9. ^ The Principled Academy - Staff page, school web site.

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