![]() ![]() “The bloody assault on Salman Rushdie on Friday is not just an assault on one writer of exquisite imagination and moral power. By stories, Rushdie was speaking on the narratives of families, communities, and religions, among others. In 2006, Rushdie said that the ability to argue and debate the meaning of all stories allows for the growth of societies. This decision was made several weeks prior to the attack on Salman Rushdie last Friday in the Amphitheater.Ĭalling Chautauqua “one of the freest and most beautiful places” in the country, Raskin said the grounds are “a space of reasoned, passionate and nonviolent dialogue” in a world that feeds off of violent fanaticism.Įmphasizing the spirit of Chautauqua and its focus on freedom and progress, Raskin reflected on Rushdie’s definition of freedom. The lecture’s location was switched from the traditional space of the Hall of Philosophy for security purposes. They said it would follow COVID-19 public health guidelines.Ī virtual public memorial service will be held late this month.Raskin’s lecture, titled “It’s Hard to Be Human: The Political, Philosophical and Mental Health Struggles of Tommy Raskin,” explored the the philosophical and moral courage of Raskin’s son, who he called “a young man of extraordinary gifts.” ![]() The family also said it would hold a private funeral service on Tuesday. It was launched with an initial contribution of $50,000. The fund will distribute money on a semiannual basis to causes and charities championed and advanced by Tommy Raskin, such as Oxfam, Give Directly, the Helen Keller Institute, and Animal Outlook, the family said. The family announced over the weekend the creation of a memorial fund for Tommy Raskin, through the Greater Washington Community Foundation. The student was survived by his two sisters and dozens of other relatives. All my love, Tommy.”Īccording to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in America and affect 40 million adults every year. Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. The family has not specified a cause of death but noted that the college student left a “farewell note,” which stated: “Please forgive me. Jamie Raskin is seen in Washington on June 10, 2020. “On the last hellish brutal day of that godawful miserable year of 2020, when hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people all over the world died alone in bed in the darkness from an invisible killer disease ravaging their bodies and minds, we also lost our dear, dear, beloved son, Hannah and Tabitha’s beloved irreplaceable brother, a radiant light in this broken world,” they added. Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, wrote in a joint tribute.īut their son “began to be tortured later in his 20s by a blindingly painful and merciless ‘disease called depression,’ as Tabitha put it on Facebook over the weekend, a kind of relentless torture in the brain for him, and despite very fine doctors and a loving family and friendship network of hundreds who adored him beyond words and whom he adored too, the pain became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable at last for our dear boy, this young man of surpassing promise to our broken world.” Thomas Bloom Raskin, a student at Harvard Law School, “had a perfect heart, a perfect soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless sense of humor, and a dazzling radiant mind,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and his wife on Monday shared that their 25-year-old son, who died last week, was struggling with depression. ![]()
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