A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society

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Editorials

• Are We Exaggerating the Power of the Israel Lobby?  Michael Lerner
  That's a hard case to make when you review the influence of Christian Zionists, the attack on Archbishop Tutu and Congressman Moran, and the Lobby's support for military rather than diplomatic responses to Iran.

Letters

• Letters 
  

Current Thinking

• Stop the Holiday Buying Frenzy 
  
• Would You Go for a 10 Cent Increase in Gas Tax? 
  
• The Tikkun Forum 
  
• Warn Them About War Crimes 
  
• Dems Fooling No One 
  

The Contrarian

• Science & Spirituality Working Together  George Vradenburg
  

• Science and Spirit  David Belden
  Tikkun and the NSP have been holding a series of meetingswith scientists and spiritual leaders to explore how both groups can work together to heal the world. Tikkun Managing Editor Dave Belden wonders what changes in thought are needed to remove the stumbling blocks to this dialogue. This is the first in a series of articles exploring related issues.
• Jena: A Missed Opportunity for Healing  Sheldon H. Laskin
  What the school board could have done.
• Network Of Spiritual Progressives Update  Nichola Torbett
  Ever wonder what the NSP is actually doing? Here's the first in a series of reports from our National Director of Outreach.
• Let’s Act Together On Global Warming  Bill McKibben
  
• Focus the Universities on Global Heating  Scott P. Lewis
  
• The Israel Lobby  Stephen Zunes
  Critiquing Mearsheimer and Walt, Zunes argues that exaggerating the Israel Lobby's influence lets the U.S. ruling elites off the hook.
• A Zionist Changes His Mind 
  The former chair of the Jewish Agency and former Speaker of the Knesset, AvrumBurg has now challenged Zionist and Jewish nationalist thinking in amove that has sent shock waves through Isareli culture.He discusses his ideas with Tikkun.
• Take This President...Somebody, Please!  Paul Lewis
  Laughing at our leaders can be liberating.
• Response To Paul Lewis 
  Ridicule is always counterproductive.

• The New Holy War Between Good And Evil  David R. Loy
  We can't eradicate evil by combating "evil people."
• The Downward Mobility of God  Lynice Pinkard
  Reclaiming Christmas from the bonds of consumption.
• Scapegoat Alert  Glen Stassen
  It takes more than rational argument to counter fear and anger.
• How Jewish was Jesus?  Tony Campolo
  Very. With major implications for sex, the body, and the self.
• The Real Miracle  Adina Allen
  Beyond the latkes and lights, a Chanukah story for our time.

Books

• Chagall - Tightrope Artist  Ron Slate
  MARC CHAGALL by Jonathan Wilson
• The Eye Doctor's Vision  Paul Von Blum
  Milton Rogovin, the Making of a Social Documentary Photographer, by Melanie Anne Herzog.
• We Are All Chosen  Nathaniel Deutsch
  RACE AND RELIGION AMONG THE CHOSEN PEOPLES OF CROWN HEIGHTS by Henry Goldschmidt, Rutgers University Press Review by Nathaniel Deutsch

Humor

• Dear Swami  Steve Bhaerman
  

Poem

• How  Alan Shapiro
  
• Breaking News  Alan Shapiro
  
• Watch  Alan Shapiro