Evangeline Wische challenges us to consider the relationship between intergenerational trauma and gun violence in this moving song and video.
Uncategorized
Snarky Comments
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Erica Etelson argues that if a Democratic candidate is to win in 2020, they must forsake snarky retorts in the service of reclaiming Obama-to-Trump voters and non-voters.
Justice for All
We stand in solidarity with Rojava, an example to the world
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Leaders from social movements, communities and First Nations from around the world stand in solidarity with the vision and work of Rojava.
Politics & Society
Women’s Liberation Past and Present
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Alix Kates Shulman reflects on the history of Women’s Liberation and sees today’s #MeToo Movement as a direct descendent of the consciousness-raising efforts of the 1960s.
Isaiah For Our Time: To Transform the World
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In his teaching for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Michael Zimmerman compares the teachings of the prophet Isaiah with Rabbi Lerner’s new book Revolutionary Love: “Lerner reveals hidden facets of Isaiah’s vision just as Isaiah demonstrates the deep Jewish roots of Lerner’s lifelong project to heal society.”
Prophet Jonah, Murder of Another Black Man by White Police Officer, and the Limits of Forgiveness
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Cat Zavis explores the limits that forgiveness offer when crimes have a systemic basis. She looks at the Book of Jonah and the recent murder of Botham Jean, and his brother Brandt Jean’s forgiveness of the white police officer that shot Botham.
Justice for All
Confession: I fixed my kids’ admission into top colleges
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Greg Palast grapples with questions of class privilege and how to transform the system that unevenly distributes them.
Decolonization Means Being in Process
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Diana Clarke explores the implications of decolonization for and of the body: “The only colony I can liberate is my own body, and my body is everywhere.”
Silent Rage
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In this personal narrative, Ami Weintraub tells a story of intergenerational trauma: “I have memories […] of events I didn’t live through. But memories that have always somehow been mine.”
Jewish Wisdom
Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
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Rabbi Timoner praises Rabbi Moskowitz’s new book for illuminating truths and insights into Judaism that have been hidden there all along.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Peril and Promise
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In a time of global uncertainty, Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard III stresses the need for unshakeable spiritual leadership.
Introduction to Decolonization Section
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Benjamin Case introduces the history and concept of decolonization for Tikkun’s spring/summer 2019 issue.
Justice for All
No Lives Matter
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David Seidenberg looks at immigration, deportation, and related violence as Trumpian fantasy fulfillment.
Politics & Society
What Happens in El Norte Doesn’t Stay in El Norte
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Responding to the crisis at the border, Rebecca Gordon argues that many Central American refuges are fleeing dangers that were created and intensified by the United States.
Ecological Transformation
Another Resource for Lovers & Activists on behalf of Mother Earth
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In this time of crisis, Matthew Fox provides daily meditations “to contribute to the struggle that clearly must take place both within us and in society.”