A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society

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Editorials

• Economic Collapse?  by Michael Lerner
  It isn't a fact of nature, but a product of human choices. How we got here - and what we can do about it.
• Election 2008, Why is it So Close?  by Michael Lerner
  Could it have anything to do with racism?

Letters

• Letters 
  

Letters to the Candidates by:

• Rabbi Michael Lerner 
  
• "The Contrarian" GEORGE VRADENBURG 
  
• Evangelical Education Expert Rev. TONY CAMPOLO 
  
• Tikkun Associate Editor PETER GABEL 
  
• Christian Theologian OBERY M. HENDRICKS 
  
• Public Policy Institute Director TIMOTHY A. KELLY 
  
• Evangelical College Professor GLEN STASSEN 
  
• American Muslim Author EBOO PATEL 
  

• Everybody has a Name  by Donna Schaper
  A minister mourns a marine who died in Iraq.
• A Feminist Rabbi's Journey to Iran  by Lynn Gottlieb
  Unexpected revelations of what we hold in common.
• Afghan Women Find a Partner for Justice  by Wil Morat
  The little-known Afghan men who are fighting for women's rights.
• Palestinian Activist for Nonviolence: An Interview with SAMI AWAD 
  A West Bank activist talks straight to the difficult issues facing nonviolence in Palestine.
• Fear and Nonviolence:China and Tibet  by Robert Thurman
  Helping Tibet means being a strong friend to China - the Dalai Lama wants an accommodation with, not a separation from, China.
• Torturing Our History  by Gary Kowalski
  Our country's leaders have moved far away from the founding fathers' practiced opposition to torture.
• The Voice of God vs. the Voice of Pain  JULIE OXENBERG talks with MICHAEL LERNER
  Jewish History, Israel-Palestine, and the Psychodynamics of Healing.
• Information Age Populism  by Harry C. Boyte
  The new populism of civic agency might shape politics in the next decade.
• A Jewish Approach to Conflict Resolution: Mussar Part II  by Leonard Felder
  Creating spaces for compassion between unlikely parties.

• Labor Day Sermon  by Tom Cornell
  Remember our working-class heroes; they struggled for us.
• Coming Out (Again)  by Idit Klein
  Welcome is quite different from tolerance.
• Approaching Harvest: A Sukkot Meditation  by Dan Goldblatt
  A harvest-time ritual connects us to life.
• 2008 - AYear to Remember Gedaliah  by John Goodwin
  Nonviolence is not a recent concept. Notes on the least observed fast day of the Jewish year, and its contemporary political and spiritual relevance.

Books

• What is Engaged Spirituality?  Review by KEN BUTIGAN
  A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World by John Dear
• What Liberals Missed  Review by David Belden
  The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats are Closing the God Gap by Amy Sullivan

Humor

• Dear Swami  by Swami Beyondananda
  Time to Declare Independence and Interdependence

Poetry

• L'Shana Tova (Haiku for David Shapiro)  by David Lehman