Department
Letters
Current Thinking
Editorials
BY MICHAEL LERNER
In the Shadow of the Hamas Victory
Steven Spielberg's Munich asks whether we can ever break the chain of violence—in the U.S. "war on terror" or in the Israel/Palestine morass; After Hamas' electoral victory, can we still embrace nonviolence and generosity?
The Contrarian BY GEORGE VRADENBURG
Hope in American Policy.
Mash Down Babylon BY JOEL SCHALIT
I Dream of Ideology.
Voice For Peace BY MITCHELL PLITNICK
Mr. Peretz, It's Time for Peace Now.
Tikkun Community/Network of Spiritual Progressives BY ROBYN THOMAS AND MICHAEL GALVAN
What We're Doing.
Rediscovering Judaism; Religions Against War
Politics and Society
The Voice of Fear and the Voice of Hope BY MICHAEL LERNER
In order to create a more just, democratic, and caring society, we have to confront the new politics of fear.
On Torture and Being "Good Americans" BY FRED BRANFMAN
No leader in history has ever publicly demanded the right to torture.
The Politics of Lying BY HENRY A. GIROUX
The Bush administration has made deception and exaggeration central to maintaining its political power. We explore the consequences.
Corporate Complicity in Congo's War BY KATHLEEN KERN
Rape has become an epidemic in Congo. Are Western multinationals to blame?
Spiritual Activism
Righteous Indignation: An Interview with William Sloane Coffin BY OR N. ROSE
A conversation with one of America's leading religious progressives.
Freedom of the Pulpit BY PETER LAARMAN
According to an Anglican activist, the IRS has begun persecuting liberal churches.
The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace BY SHARON D. WELCH
We need to start speaking about alternatives to war in a language that will inspire Americans to take action.
Israel/Palestine
It's the Economy, Stupid...Or Is It? BY SHLOMO SWIRSKI
Due to the Likud government's economic policies, more Israelis live in poverty than ever before. It's time for a change.
Replacing the Roadmap BY BEN LYNFIELD
Despite the hype, Sharon left Israel without a peace plan. One of Jerusalem's best reporters explains why.
An Unusable Past?: Martin Buber's Religious Zionism BY DAVID B. STARR
Religious Zionism wasn't always the province of nationalists. Long before the settlers, there was Martin Buber.
Judaism
Jewish Renewal and the Holocaust: A Theological Response BY SHAUL MAGID
How the Shoah helped shape the development of a new approach to Torah and the world.
Tikkun Olam: Jewish Funds For Justice
How to Live in the Wilderness BY SHARON KLEINBAUM
We need the ability to believe that change is possible. A leading New York rabbi explains why.
Culture
Rachel Brenner, interviewed by Mark LeVine
Reviews
Elias Khoury's Gate of the Sun, and Yousry Nasrallah's Bab Al Shams/La Porte du Soleil reviewed by Liv Leader
A Call to Action: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' To Heal A Fractured World, reviewed by Daniel Morris
Capsule Reviews: Global Values 101, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country
Crossing Borders: Eran Riklis' The Syrian Bride, reviewed by Shai Ginsburg
Making music out of free-range eggs: Charlie Bertsch serves up Matthew Herbert's Plat Du Jour
Album Reviews: Crisis' Holocaust Hymns, The Church Universal and Triumphant's The Sounds of American Doomsday Cults
Poem
Orientation Talk for a New Immigrant, by Yosefa Raz
