This is an important response to those who worry about getting or giving "handouts" to the needy, mistakenly believing that being a recipient of support makes them less worthy as a human being.
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Feminism and Neo-Chasidism
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This article provides an analysis of Chasidism through a feminist lens - not to reject it but rather to acknowledge problematic elements and create exciting opportunities to elevate an already profound form of Judaism.
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Vayigash and Vayechi: The Climax of Joseph and His Brothers in Egypt
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When ancient Jewish heroes both fail to embody God's image fully yet attempt forgiveness and transcendence.
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Publicizing the Miracle or Publicizing Miracle? R. Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev on Hanukkah
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A response to Jeffrey Goldberg's critique of Rashida Tlaib's Hanukkah greeting using a text by R. Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev.
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The Last Taboo: On Male Vulnerability and Women Reading Talmud
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Can women study Talmud through a new, gendered lens without identifying with the male aggressor?
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Join our Chanukah Celebration – A Celebration of Liberation and a Challenge to Jewish Chauvinist Nationalism
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Friday night at 5:30 pm (Pacific Time) and/or Saturday 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Chanukah is for everyone.
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Prophetic Practice for a Time of Racial Reckoning
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In his powerful review of the book "The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now," by Nahum Ward-Lev, Rabbi David Jaffe takes the reader on a journey through history so we can hear the prophetic call from the time of the Hebrew prophets to the present.
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Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism
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This is an inspirational book that not only helps people to become vegan but is very supportive of vegans already living this way.
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Older Jews in Florida: Caricature vs Reality
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Cardboard portrayals of older Jews in Florida diminish the richness of their histories, life experiences, and progressive political engagement.
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Lovelorn Afternoons with Levinas
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Susan Reimer-Torn's insights into love, loss and Levinas.
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To Cry Out Within the City
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It is the hope of a small template for a sign to be held in a long ago vigil within the city, an artifact and its message that endures, words of witness to remind, words whose urgency is no less today than it was then, proclaiming in block letters, “LET EVERYONE VOTE!”
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Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Response
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Steven Shankman reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his teaching, reading, and writing over the past several months.
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Reflections on Repentance to Help Heal Our World from Various Thinkers
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Bill McKibben - https://youtu.be/47ILVzwJ17s
Deena Metzger - https://youtu.be/k2Ia2wuUg4w
Shaul Magid - https://youtu.be/fsSyrCA-C7I
We need your support to bring the kind of analyses and information Tikkun provides. Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution. Arthur Waskow - https://youtu.be/bKhvWW7I0u8
Rabbi Mark Marmur - https://youtu.be/W-vr43iF-T0
Breaking the Silence - https://youtu.be/njfYWirxYQs
Originally delivered at the Worship and Study Harvard Hillel, Yom Kippur, Sept. 18, 2010
Repurposed for the Tikkun community, September 2020; Elul 5780
By Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi
I want to talk about teshuva. This word, that connotes repentance in Hebrew, literally means return.