Tikkun Olam Starts at Home

By Paul Von Blum | January 1, 2011

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Paul Von Blum is a Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Communication at UCLA. He has taught at the University of California since 1968, first at Berkeley and at UCLA since 1980. He has received numerous teaching awards and is he author of many books and articles on art, culture, history, law, and education. His most recent book on African American art is Creative Souls: African American Artists in Greater Los Angeles. He has been a political activist his entire life, from the early civil rights movement to the present protests in 2020. He is also a member of the Bar and has worked with the National Lawyers Guild.

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Moises Salinas on January 13, 2014 at 8:56 am said:

Interestingly, ORT has just launched the first of its kind, “Tikkun Olam” university:

http://www.ort.org/en/news-and-reports/world-ort-news/article/-f38b78c790/

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Tikkun Olam Starts at Home

By Paul Von Blum | January 1, 2011

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