Tikkun - to heal, repair and transform the world

November/December 1997

More Chagall than Chagall - poem
by Luisa Futoransky

An open book: the late, great memoir debate - popularity of memoirs
by Meredith Maran

Fear, crime, and punishment in the United States
by Steven R. Donziger

A rage to punish - crime prevention - includes related article on excerpts from author Sol Wachtler's book 'After the Madness'
by Sol Wachtler

Imagined families: women behind bars
by Debra Jo Immergut

President Clinton, mandatory minimums, and disaffirmative action
by Michael Tonry

The Jewish literary revival
by Thane Rosenbaum

Ghost stories: the new wave of Jewish writing
by Morris Dickstein

Love stories - fiction
by Nessa Rapoport

Is this Picasso, or is it the Jews? A family portrait at the end of history - Jewish American writers
by Mark Schechner

Against logic - Jewish author's reflection on her work and Jewish literature
by Rebecca Goldstein

Israel's assault on the non-Orthodox - Orthodox Judaism
by

Machers and mourners - literature on Jewish history
by Melvin Jules Bukiet

After the law - Jewish literature
by Steve Stern

Post-holocaust literature - Jewish writing
by Sanford Pinsker

"Character education" misses the point - contemporary youth
by Rick Ulfik

"Character education" misses the point
by Tom Lickona

Just a moment: of children and the spiritual life
by Bradley Shavit Artson

The world of our fathers
by Jim Petras

To open our eyes: Jewish environmental education - includes related article on whom to contact for Jewish environmental education
by Shamu Fenyvesi

Cultivating oneness - spiritual awareness
by Charles Burack

Call to action - addressing the crisis in the health care system - includes related article on principles to follow in dispensing medical care
by John Roark

The Promise Keepers - religious group for men
by

Sounds of renewal - select, worthwhile Jewish music
by Ya'acov Gabriel

The Spell of the Sensuous: Language and Perception in a More-than-Human World. - book reviews
by Roger S. Gottlieb

The Others: How the Animals Made Us Human. - book reviews
by Roger S. Gottlieb

Other Creations: Rediscovering the Spirituality of Animals. - book reviews
by Roger S. Gottlieb

Black Rage Confronts the Law. - book reviews
by Gary Peller

Ten ways to recognize a Sephardic "Jew-ess." - short story
by Ruth Knafo Setton

Ravages - poem
by Homer Moore

Learning about health care the hard way: my weeks in the hospital
by Michael Lerner

David Mamet on The Old Religion. - interview with American author, screenwriter and playwright - Interview
by

On cynics and cynicism
by A. Lawrence Chickering

Interview with Asmi B'shara - politician and member of Israel's Knesset - Interview
by

A peace now perspective - Israel
by Galia Golan

Rivera rules - Interview with union leader Dennis Rivera - Interview
by Jack Newfield

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