
Sarah Ackley
Sarah, a former print and web editorial intern at Tikkun, is an aspiring science writer living in Berkeley, CA.
Sarah, a former print and web editorial intern at Tikkun, is an aspiring science writer living in Berkeley, CA.

Wajahat Ali
Wajahat Ali is a playwright, journalist, and associate editor of Altmuslim.com.
Wajahat Ali is a playwright, journalist, and associate editor of Altmuslim.com.

Adina Allen
Adina Allen is a rabbinical student in Hebrew College’s transdenominational program in Boston, MA.
Adina Allen is a rabbinical student in Hebrew College’s transdenominational program in Boston, MA.

George Altshuler
George Altshuler, a former Tikkun intern (Fall 2011), writes about politics and Judaism.
George Altshuler, a former Tikkun intern (Fall 2011), writes about politics and Judaism.

Phillip Barcio
Phillip Barcio is a writer living in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Phillip Barcio is a writer living in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Ashley Bates
Ashley covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an eye toward stories that expose injustices and inspire mutual understanding.
Ashley covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an eye toward stories that expose injustices and inspire mutual understanding.

Laura Beckman
Laura Beckman is a freelance writer and illustrator from Saint Louis, Missouri.
Laura Beckman is a freelance writer and illustrator from Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dave Belden
Dave Belden is a former managing editor of Tikkun.
Dave Belden is a former managing editor of Tikkun.

Geoff Browning
Geoff is the campus minister for United Campus Christian Ministry at Stanford University which is dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirituality and social justice.
Geoff is the campus minister for United Campus Christian Ministry at Stanford University which is dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirituality and social justice.

Eiren Caffall
Eiren Caffall is a musician and writer based in Chicago who plays the lap steel guitar and sings and writes about losing everything.
Eiren Caffall is a musician and writer based in Chicago who plays the lap steel guitar and sings and writes about losing everything.

Abby Caplin
Abby Caplin, MD, practices mind-body medicine in San Francisco, helping people with chronic illness lead empowered and vibrant lives.
Abby Caplin, MD, practices mind-body medicine in San Francisco, helping people with chronic illness lead empowered and vibrant lives.

Alex Chaves
Alex Chaves is an art intern at Tikkun Magazine and student at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Alex Chaves is an art intern at Tikkun Magazine and student at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Jorge Cino
Jorge M. Cino was a web editor intern at Tikkun Daily. He loves to talk about storytelling, social justice, philosophy, and religion.
Jorge M. Cino was a web editor intern at Tikkun Daily. He loves to talk about storytelling, social justice, philosophy, and religion.

Jarrod Cochran
Rev. Jarrod Cochran is a minister, writer, activist, and co-founder of The Progressive Christian Alliance.
Rev. Jarrod Cochran is a minister, writer, activist, and co-founder of The Progressive Christian Alliance.

Elizabeth Cunningham
Author of The Maeve Chronicles.
Author of The Maeve Chronicles.

Zach Dorfman
Zach Dorfman is editorial assistant at the journal “Ethics and International Affairs.” He lives in Brooklyn.
Zach Dorfman is editorial assistant at the journal “Ethics and International Affairs.” He lives in Brooklyn.

Megan Dowdell
Megan Dowdell is a feminist scholar-activist at the intersections of faith, race and health.
Megan Dowdell is a feminist scholar-activist at the intersections of faith, race and health.

Valerie Elverton-Dixon
Valerie Elverton Dixon is an independent scholar studying ethics, peace theory, public discourse, and the civil rights movement.
Valerie Elverton Dixon is an independent scholar studying ethics, peace theory, public discourse, and the civil rights movement.

Lorenzo Estébanez
Lorenzo Estébanez is a former web editorial intern for Tikkun Daily and is an avid reader, international news junkie, and history buff.
Lorenzo Estébanez is a former web editorial intern for Tikkun Daily and is an avid reader, international news junkie, and history buff.

Sam Ewell
Sam works as a theological educator, local pastor, and connector with the New Monastics’ School for Conversion in order to learn from and be a part of the remaking of what Gustavo Esteva calls grassroots initiatives.
Sam works as a theological educator, local pastor, and connector with the New Monastics’ School for Conversion in order to learn from and be a part of the remaking of what Gustavo Esteva calls grassroots initiatives.

Harriet Fraad
Harriet Fraad is a psychotherapist committed to radical social-structural change.
Harriet Fraad is a psychotherapist committed to radical social-structural change.

Peter Gabel
Peter Gabel, the associate editor of Tikkun, is a law professor, therapist, and a founder of the critical legal studies movement.
Peter Gabel, the associate editor of Tikkun, is a law professor, therapist, and a founder of the critical legal studies movement.

Jan Garrett
Jan Garrett is an active member of his Unitarian Universalist Church in Bowling Green KY, a member of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, and a professor of philosophy in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Western Kentucky University.
Jan Garrett is an active member of his Unitarian Universalist Church in Bowling Green KY, a member of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, and a professor of philosophy in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Western Kentucky University.

Charles Gelman
Charles Gelman is taking over as Tikkun Daily’s bridge to The Immanent Frame, where he works as an editorial assistant. To see past posts from The Immanent Frame, search for Ruth Braunstein’s name.
Charles Gelman is taking over as Tikkun Daily’s bridge to The Immanent Frame, where he works as an editorial assistant. To see past posts from The Immanent Frame, search for Ruth Braunstein’s name.

Mike Godbe
Since graduating college in May 2009, he has organized for a change in US foreign policy in the Bay Area, travelled to Israel, Palestine, and India, and is currently alternating between coasts.
Since graduating college in May 2009, he has organized for a change in US foreign policy in the Bay Area, travelled to Israel, Palestine, and India, and is currently alternating between coasts.

Jill Goldberg
Jill Goldberg teaches English Literature at the college level and is also a writer and sometimes photographer.
Jill Goldberg teaches English Literature at the college level and is also a writer and sometimes photographer.

Matthew Goodman
Matthew Aaron Goodman’s debut novel is Hold Love Strong.
Matthew Aaron Goodman’s debut novel is Hold Love Strong.

H. A. Goodman
H. A. Goodman is an author and a former high school history teacher
H. A. Goodman is an author and a former high school history teacher

Roger S. Gottlieb
Author: “Engaging Voices,” “A Greener Faith,” “A Spirituality of Resistance.”
Author: “Engaging Voices,” “A Greener Faith,” “A Spirituality of Resistance.”


David Harris-Gershon
David Harris-Gershon’s work has appeared in The Jerusalem Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and elsewhere, and his memoir, Shrapnel, is currently seeking publication.
David Harris-Gershon’s work has appeared in The Jerusalem Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and elsewhere, and his memoir, Shrapnel, is currently seeking publication.

Josh Healey
Josh Healey is a writer, community organizer, and educator in Oakland, CA.
Josh Healey is a writer, community organizer, and educator in Oakland, CA.

Michael Hogue
Michael S. Hogue is Associate Professor of Theology at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago.
Michael S. Hogue is Associate Professor of Theology at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago.

Mike Ignatowski
Mike Ignatowski serves as the president of the UU Congregation of the Catskills, and is a board member of the UUs for a Just Economic Community.
Mike Ignatowski serves as the president of the UU Congregation of the Catskills, and is a board member of the UUs for a Just Economic Community.

Miki Kashtan
Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and the NVC North America Leadership Program.
Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and the NVC North America Leadership Program.

Sam Kestenbaum
Sam Kestenbaum lives and works in Ramallah, the cultural capital of the Palestinian West Bank.
Sam Kestenbaum lives and works in Ramallah, the cultural capital of the Palestinian West Bank.

Derrick Kikuchi
Derrick Kikuchi co-founded Reach and Teach, a peace and social justice learning company.
Derrick Kikuchi co-founded Reach and Teach, a peace and social justice learning company.

Mark Kirschbaum
Mark Kirschbaum, M.D. comes from a traditional yeshiva background. He writes a weekly Torah commentary attempting to fuse traditional and mystical readings with contemporary philosophical discourse.
Mark Kirschbaum, M.D. comes from a traditional yeshiva background. He writes a weekly Torah commentary attempting to fuse traditional and mystical readings with contemporary philosophical discourse.

Lita Kurth
Lita A. Kurth is a Jungian Anarcho-Syndicalist teacher and writer
Lita A. Kurth is a Jungian Anarcho-Syndicalist teacher and writer

Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin, Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College of Yeshiva University, is the author of five books of poetry.
Joy Ladin, Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College of Yeshiva University, is the author of five books of poetry.

Rabbi Michael Lerner
Rabbi Lerner is head editor of Tikkun Magazine.
Rabbi Lerner is head editor of Tikkun Magazine.

Peter Marmorek
The webby arm of Tikkunista.com
The webby arm of Tikkunista.com

Balmurli Natrajan
Murli teaches at William Paterson University of New Jersey, where he is also director of the Gandhian Forum for Peace and Justice.
Murli teaches at William Paterson University of New Jersey, where he is also director of the Gandhian Forum for Peace and Justice.

Adam Neiman
Adam Neiman pursues ethical business through the company he founded, No Sweat Apparel.
Adam Neiman pursues ethical business through the company he founded, No Sweat Apparel.

Lynice Pinkard
As the senior pastor of First Congregational Church of Oakland, Lynice Pinkard is building an intercultural community committed to healing from and resistance to systems of domination and oppression.
As the senior pastor of First Congregational Church of Oakland, Lynice Pinkard is building an intercultural community committed to healing from and resistance to systems of domination and oppression.

Stephen Phelps
Rev. Stephen H. Phelps is the Interim Senior Minister at the Riverside Church in New York city.
Rev. Stephen H. Phelps is the Interim Senior Minister at the Riverside Church in New York city.

Alana Price
Alana Price is managing editor at Tikkun.
Alana Price is managing editor at Tikkun.

Amanda Quraishi
Amanda Quraishi is a freelance writer and activist living in Austin, Texas.
Amanda Quraishi is a freelance writer and activist living in Austin, Texas.

Lauren Reichelt
Lauren Reichelt is the director of Health and Human Services for Rio Arriba County in Northern New Mexico, and blogs on health care issues for ePluribus Media and Daily Kos as TheFatLadySings.
Lauren Reichelt is the director of Health and Human Services for Rio Arriba County in Northern New Mexico, and blogs on health care issues for ePluribus Media and Daily Kos as TheFatLadySings.

Riyana Rebecca Sang
Riyana Rebecca Sang is an herbalist, writer, and devotee of Mama Gaia who lives in Berkeley, CA.
Riyana Rebecca Sang is an herbalist, writer, and devotee of Mama Gaia who lives in Berkeley, CA.

Donna Schaper

Be Scofield
Be Scofield is an activist and founder of www.godblessthewholeworld.org. He is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry.
Be Scofield is an activist and founder of www.godblessthewholeworld.org. He is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry.

Ralph Seliger
Ralph Seliger writes mostly about Israel and Jewish cultural and political issues for a variety of venues.
Ralph Seliger writes mostly about Israel and Jewish cultural and political issues for a variety of venues.

Erin Shitama
Erin was a print editorial intern at Tikkun during Fall 2009 and currently works at Sunset magazine.
Erin was a print editorial intern at Tikkun during Fall 2009 and currently works at Sunset magazine.

Claire Snyder-Hall
Claire Snyder-Hall is a political philosopher, writer, activist, and practitioner of Conservative Judaism.
Claire Snyder-Hall is a political philosopher, writer, activist, and practitioner of Conservative Judaism.

Wendy Elisheva Somerson
Wendy Elisheva Somerson writes, organizes, and makes art in Seattle, Washington.
Wendy Elisheva Somerson writes, organizes, and makes art in Seattle, Washington.

Joshua Stanton
Joshua Stanton is a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue and a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College.
Joshua Stanton is a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue and a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College.

Mia Sullivan
Mia Sullivan is a freelance writer and editor, currently interning at Tikkun.
Mia Sullivan is a freelance writer and editor, currently interning at Tikkun.

David Sylvester
David A. Sylvester is a writer and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area with an interest in spiritual growth and social justice.
David A. Sylvester is a writer and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area with an interest in spiritual growth and social justice.

Andrew Stallybrass
Andrew Stallybrass is an Anglo-Swiss protestant, living in Geneva, active in inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.
Andrew Stallybrass is an Anglo-Swiss protestant, living in Geneva, active in inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.

Nichola Torbett
Nichola Torbett is the founding director of Seminary of the Street.
Nichola Torbett is the founding director of Seminary of the Street.

Asma Uddin
Asma Uddin is editor-in-chief of Altmuslimah.
Asma Uddin is editor-in-chief of Altmuslimah.

Jason van Boom
Jason van Boom is host of “Islam and Authors” and coordinates cultural programs at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California. He teaches and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jason van Boom is host of “Islam and Authors” and coordinates cultural programs at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California. He teaches and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Amanda Udis-Kessler
Amanda Udis-Kessler is a writer, sociologist, musician, social justice educator, seminarian, and cat lover living in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Amanda Udis-Kessler is a writer, sociologist, musician, social justice educator, seminarian, and cat lover living in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Nancy Vedder-Shults
Born on International Women’s Day, Nancy jokes that she was “predestined” to become a feminist. She has been offering ecofeminist and spiritual growth keynotes, workshops, and classes since 1987.
Born on International Women’s Day, Nancy jokes that she was “predestined” to become a feminist. She has been offering ecofeminist and spiritual growth keynotes, workshops, and classes since 1987.

Natalie Wendt
Natalie Wendt is a freelance writer, a former editoral intern at Tikkun, and a seriously geeky Buddhist.
Natalie Wendt is a freelance writer, a former editoral intern at Tikkun, and a seriously geeky Buddhist.

Craig Wiesner
Craig Wiesner is the co-founder of Reach And Teach, the peace and social justice learning company.
Craig Wiesner is the co-founder of Reach And Teach, the peace and social justice learning company.

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, New Monastic, and sought-after speaker based in North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, New Monastic, and sought-after speaker based in North Carolina.

Eli Zaretsky
Eli Zaretsky, a professor of history at Eugene Lang College, writes and teaches about twentieth-century cultural history, the theory and history of capitalism (especially its social and cultural dimensions), and the history of the family.
Eli Zaretsky, a professor of history at Eugene Lang College, writes and teaches about twentieth-century cultural history, the theory and history of capitalism (especially its social and cultural dimensions), and the history of the family.


