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DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

CURRENT THINKING

Editorial

The Obama Phenomenon

THE CONTRARIAN: What’s the Vision Driving Change?

Open-Heartedness and Generosity
by NICHOLA TORBETT
NSP National Programs, 2008

Politics and Society

Aboriginal Sin by A. JAY ADLER
Our crimes against native peoples demand acknowledgement—and resolution.

Forgiveness and Apology
A discussion between CHARLES L. GRISWOLD and WILLIAM MENINGER
a philosopher and a Trappist monk differ deeply.

Changing the Story of Our Future
by MATTHEW GILBERT
You thought we were doomed? Take heart.

Working for Peace Without Recreating War
by MIKI KASHTAN and DOT MAVER
How do we bring our way of relating to people into line with our core values and ideals?

Democrats Need an Iran Strategy ASAP
by GUY T. SAPERSTEIN
To what lengths would Bush go to win the election for the Republicans?

A Scent of Sustainability in the Negev
by LINDA AZIZ-ZADEH
Bedouin wisdom takes root in the desert.

Corporate Free Speech: A Progressive Trap
By ALLEN D. KANNER
Why corporations shouldn’t enjoy the same rights as people.

Rethinking Religion

CHRISTIANITY

Theology for Healing the Nation by GLEN STASSEN
Baptists cross racial divides to focus on poverty, global warming.

Easter: What Happened to Jesus? by WALTER WINK
The ascension is an imaginal experience to be undergone.

Take Back Jesus
by KITTRIDGE CHERRY
We have the duty to create alternative spiritual iconography.

JUDAISM

Zot, Ayin, and the Hundredth Monkey by DEBORAH ALLEN
One woman’s spiritual awakening.

Renewal For All by ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI
We can revitalize our ancient tradition.

Sacred Doubt
by IRWIN KULA
A rabbi appreciates Mother Teresa’s memoir.

In-Your-Face, Mussar Style
by LEONARD FELDER
A powerful Jewish tradition of mediation.

Culture

BOOKS

Harvey Pekar: Mensch Author,
Mensch Editor…and other
Jewish Comics
Recent comics reviewed by PAUL BUHLE

Waiting for Spiritual Atheists
Waiting for God, by Lawrence Bush; A Plausible God
by Mitchell Silver; The Spirituality Revolution
by David Tacey
Review by DAVID BELDEN

Across the Great Divide
How to Win a Fight with a Liberal and
How to Win a Fight with a Conservative
by Daniel Kurtzman
Review by PAUL LEWIS

Activist Seder
A Mystical Haggadah by Eliahu J. Klein
Review by KENNARD LIPMAN

Lawyer as Healer
Making Waves and Riding the Currents
by Charles Halpern
Review by NANETTE SCHORR

FILM

Theft of the Commons
Thirst by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
with Michael Fox
Review by BARBARA GARSON

MUSIC

Rock After Auschwitz
Force of Light by Dan Kaufman
Review by CHARLIE BERTSCH

POETRY

Body Text by David Gewanter

HUMOR

Swami’s 2008 State of the
Universe Address
by SWAMI BEYONDANANDA