the Jewish Theologian of the 1960s
Reviews of Books & Films
Present Long Before the Creation
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Jerome Segal is an American Jewish champion for a Palestinian state
Reviews of Books & Films
Review of Ariel Dorfman’s Book “Darwin’s Ghosts”
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Deena Metzger reviews the novel “Darwin’s Ghosts” by Ariel Dorfman, not quite a coming of age story or hero’s journey, but a journey where a young boy must learn who he is outside of the superficial life to which he presumed he was entitled
Arts & Cultural Critique
Solitude, Intersectionality, Eco-Judaism, and Community in the writing of Kathleen Alcalá
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The mystic of islands by Stephanie Barbé Hammer.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections
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Julie R. Enszer reviews “Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections” by Jill Bialosky.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Becoming Each Other: Why We Need Riva Lehrer’s “Golem Girl” Right Now
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Phillip Barcio reviews Riva Lehrer’s new memoir “Golem Girl.”
Ecological Transformation
Harmonic Convergence
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Sandra Bass reviews Michael Nagler’s “The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the Story of Human Nature.”
Politics & Society
Ruth Messinger Reviews Arthur Waskow’s Dancing in God’s Earthquake
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Arthur Waskow knows our potential and how far we have yet to go to realize it, and he is determined to give us food for that journey.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Against Translation and the Ethics of Compassion
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“Against Translation” is a model for dwelling in the unknowable space of compassion.
Arts & Cultural Critique
How can we protect what we love?
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How can we protect what we love? Deena Metzger reviews latest book by naturalist, Susan Cerulean, who faces the extremity of her father’s Alzheimer’s and the fate of Florida’s shorebirds — two perfect storms.
Reviews
Lynnda Targan’s Funny, You Don’t Look Like a Rabbi
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founder of Ms. Magazine and author of Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America, reviews Funny, You Don’t Look Like a Rabbi, Lynnda Targan’s intimate new memoir about her arduous yet intrepid journey to fulfill her mid-life calling.
Arts & Cultural Critique
“Fury: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Trump Era”
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“Fury: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Trump Era” brings together a diverse community of women who reveal the impact of Donald Trump’s behavior, words, and presidency and how each is confronting the problem and fighting back.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Remembering Magic Carpet/Home—a Milestone of Social Practice Art
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Phillip Barcio reviews Maria Elena González’s Magic Carpet/Home (1999), a landmark Social Practice Artwork that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Reviews
Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Lieber-Man”
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Olga Gershenson, covering the Jerusalem Film Festival for Tikkun, reviews “Lieber-Man.”
Arts & Cultural Critique
Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive”
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Olga Gershenson, covering the Jerusalem Film Festival for Tikkun, reviews “Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive.”