Departments
Letters
Current Thinking
Editorial
The Persistent Progressive BY GEORGE VRADENBURG
Making a Desert Bloom (again) BY JOEL SCHALIT
An Arab Plan that Jews Must Pursue BY MITCHELL PLITNICK
Special Section
Twenty Years of Tikkun
MICHAEL LERNER, CHRISTOPH LASCH, ADI OPHIR, ENID DAME, ANNIE DILLARD, JESSICA BENJAMIN, MARTIN JAY, MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, ARNOLD EISEN, PETER GABEL, DANIEL BOYARIN, HARVEY COX, JOEL R. PRIMACK AND NANCY ELLEN ABRAMS, CAROLYN FORCHE, NAN FINK GEFEN, TSVI BLANCHARD, SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE, SHARON SALZBERG, RIANE EISLER, MICHAEL BADER, MOHAMMED ABU NIMER, SVI SHAPIRO, AMA ZENYA, SHAUL MAGID
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
BY CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR SHEILA KUEHL
We can have universal health care now--if the Republican leadership will pass it.
BY MICHAEL MILLER
Learn about the Massachusetts health-care reform plan.
National Health Insurance Begins at Home
BY PAUL GLOVER
Ithaca's health-care co-ops demonstrate that health-care reform is already succeeding.
It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid
BY DANIEL SULMASY
We won't fix health care until we treat the sick as whole people, body and soul.
Spiritual Activism
Daniel Dennett's Theory of Religion BY DANIEL S. LEVINE
A spiritual progressive takes to task the work of the leading secular analyst of religion.
A Response to Daniel Levine BY DANIEL DENNETT
In the spirit of true dialogue, the MIT philosopher issues a highly considered response.
The Passion Test BY SWAMI BEYONDANANDA
How humor fuels the new economy.
Israel/Palestine
When a Country Doesn't Take Responsibility BY JEFF HALPER
On the disconnect between Israeli public opinion and government policy.
America's Military Proxy BY STEPHEN ZUNES
Israelis are growing critical of their country's strategic alliance with the U.S.
Judaism
My Child's God--and Mine BY ANNE TRUBEK
This holiday season, one Jewish mother finds a path to God through her son.
One Day's Oil for Eight Days' Needs BY RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW AND RUSS AGDERN
How to make our own eco-miracle by conserving oil during Chanukah
A Family Reflection BY NEAL ROSE, CARNIE ROSE, KLIEL ROSE, AND OR N. ROSE
A family of rabbis gains strength from their son's/brother's gay marriage.
Small Steps to LGBT Inclusion BY GREGG DRINKWATHER
How can religious institutions walk the walk and truly welcome LGBT persons?
Culture
Books
A Tribute to Hannah Arendt, edited by Ben Naparstek
An Interview with T Cooper, by Mattilda Bernstein
Zeev Maoz' Defending the Holy Land, reviewed by Raymond G. Helmick
Robert Pinsky's First Thing to Hand, reviewed by Dan Chiasson
Howard Zinn and David Barsamian's Original Zinn, reviewed by Cynthia Hoffman
Capsule Reviews: Daphne Gottlieb and Diane DiMassa's Jokes and the Unconsciousness, Erik Davis' A Visionary State and Michelle Goldberg's Kingdom Coming
Television/Film
Haim Yavin's The Land of the Settlers DVD, reviewed by Shai Ginsburg
Music
Redistributing the Sonic Universe: Listening to Califone, by Charlie Bertsch
Capsule Review: Mouse On Mars' Varcharz
Poem
Untitled, by Tara Shevchenko
