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Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun, co-chair with Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue-Without-Walls in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. His most recent book is Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World. He is also the author of eleven other books, including two national bestsellers: The Left Hand of God and Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. He welcomes your responses and invites you to join with him by joining the Network of Spiritual Progressives. You can contact him at rabbilerner.tikkun@gmail.com.
These are difficult times for anyone seeking a world of love and justice. Yet I continue to believe that within the next hundred years, those who survive the many hurtful human forces and the massive destruction of the environment will be living in a more loving and just world.
A Call to Action – Trump is proposing massive cuts in Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and more. Call your Representatives and Senators to oppose these cuts that will hurt the poor and vulnerable.
Rabbi Michael Lerner urges us not to celebrate the militaristic version of American exceptionalism but instead renew our commitment to the wellbeing of everyone on the planet and the planet itself.
Rabbi Michael Lerner encourages readers to add a shoelace to the Seder place or the Easter dinner table to recall the fate of refugees and asylum seekers.