Editorials & Actions
US Politics
How to Create a Tikkun/NSP Network of Spiritual Progressives Presence in Your Town
Our goal: A change in consciousness. Creating a Tikkun/NSP Presence in your community means spreading these ideas. Nothing will change in our world till we have popularized the following notions of Tikkun/NSP: 1. Our well-being depends upon the well-being of …
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Activism
A sad but humorous account of the divisions in Germany’s left-wing activist forces
Ed note: Victor Grossman is a frequent writer for Tikkun and has an insider understanding of the dynamics inside the German Left. A VALIANT PHONY, VALIANT PROTESTS AND A VALIANT DOG Victor Grossman, Berlin Bulletin No. 51, January 15, 2013 First …
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US Politics
“Failure of Epic Proportions: Obama’s TreasuryNominee Jack Lew and his Pro-Bank, Austerity, Deregulation Legacy
“Failure of Epic Proportions”: Treasury Nominee Jack Lew’s Pro-Bank, Austerity, Deregulation Legacy A transcript of Juan Gonzalez & Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now for January 11, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/11/failure_of_epic_proportions_treasury_nominee Former bank regulator William Black and Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi join us to dissect the …
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Judaism
What Would A.J. Heschel Be Doing or Advocating Today?
At the Philadelphia “Heschel/King Festival” last week, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s death (his Yarhzeit), I was asked to speak about what this man, now recognized as the most significant American Jewish theologian of …
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Israel/Palestine
Avnery on the Coming Israeli Elections
Uri Avnery December 29, 2012 A Person Called Nobody SUDDENLY, I realized that a new star had appeared on the political firmament of Israel. Until yesterday I did not even know of its existence. …
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US Politics
Michael Moore on US Violence and Christmas in America
FOCUS: Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns By Michael Moore, Open Mike Blog 24 December 12 fter watching the deranged, delusional National Rifle Association press conference on Friday, it was clear that the Mayan prophecy …
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US Politics
A World Based on Generosity
http://www.moonmagazine.org/rabbi-michael-lerner-a-world-based-on-generosity-2012-12-09/ Rabbi Michael Lerner | A world based on generosity in Interview Rabbi Michael Lerner “If you don’t create a world based on loving your neighbor, loving the stranger, and pursuing justice and peace, the world won’t work. There will be …
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US Politics
This Crescendoing Celebration of Violence–Inciting Violence and Violent Minds by Investing in Violence and Violent Minds – Does Peace Stand a Chance? Thoughts and Analysis in the Wake of the Election.
Phil Wolfson MD December 2012 This Crescendoing Celebration of Violence–Inciting Violence and Violent Minds by Investing in Violence and Violent Minds—Does Peace Stand a Chance? Thoughts and Analysis in the Wake of the Election. I am crying today—as are so …
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War & Peace
Mark Levine: Strange Days in Cairo
Strange Days in Cairo “Hello, how are you? Welcome? Are you Muslim? Christian? Jewish? It doesn’t matter. This is democracy. Very Good” So explained a man, one of hundreds, who was at the Muslim Brotherhood/Freedom and Justice Party rally on …
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Israel/Palestine
No to Hamas’ Meshal and his call for armed struggle till Israel is eliminated
Editor’s Note: I usually love Avnery’s articles, but in the one below I think his contextualizing Hamas’ chief Meshal in his one time visit to Gaza (he was exiled out of Palestine in a deal after Israel’s failed attempt to …
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Judaism
How to do Chanukah, 2012
How to Do Chanukah By Rabbi Michael Lerner Chanukah is the holiday celebrating the triumph of hope over fear, light over darkness, the powerless over the powerful. It begins this Saturday night, Dec. 8th and end at …
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Israel Punishing Palestinians for UN recognition by Further Undermining 2 State Possibilities
Israel’s move to punish Palestine by building new settlements is a disaster. Please read the editorial below by the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, but also my comments on the Reform Judaism response which has been very disappointing. Editor’s Note: For those …
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Israel/Palestine
Text of the UN resolution recognizing Palestine Nov. 29, 2012
Status of Palestine in the United Nations The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and stressing in this regard the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, Recalling its resolution …
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Israel/Palestine
Why the US and Israel should Support Palestinian Upgrade of Status at the UN
Editor’s note: Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun: A Quarterly Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, chair of the interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in Berkeley, California. He welcomes feedback: rabbilerner.tikkun@gmail.com This article appeared first on CNN.com …
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Spirituality
Making Thanksgiving Meaningful
MAKING THANKSGIVING MEANINGFUL by Rabbi Michael Lerner Many families take a moment to go around the Thanksgiving table to ask each person to say what they are grateful for. That is a wonderful practice to build upon. But too …
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