Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, calls on religious people of all faiths to face head-on the “negative externalities of religion” — those toxic side effects of religion that we don’t like to deal with. In an age of nuclear proliferation, he explains, religious extremists of all faiths — not to mention the fundamentalist secularism of people like Sam Harris, who calls for a pre-emptive strike on Muslims — are capable of destroying massive numbers of people. The way out of this mess, Yusuf says, is for Jews to emulate the Judaism of Rabbi Hillel, Muslims to practice the Islam of Imam Al Hasadi and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and Christians to draw inspiration from Francis Assisi. Hamza Yusuf gave this speech after accepting the Tikkun Award at Tikkun’s Twenty-Fifth Anniversary celebration. [youtube: video=”r0IMzz7p6Mk”]
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Discover the real Richard Goldstone in this video from Tikkun’s 25th Anniversary celebration on March 14, 2011 in Berkeley, California:
in Michael Lerner’s introduction of him, explaining why Tikkun chose to give him this award that has gone to a select number of progressive heroes in the past and
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Every year Tikkun publishes a Haggadah supplement for Passover. This year we only published the first part of it in the print magazine (the two pages pictured at right) and promised that the entire haggadah would be published online, here, in time for Passover. We wrote:
FOR YOUR SEDER, here is a Haggadah supplement—not a replacement. If you don’t normally do a Seder, you can use this supplement as the basis for an interfaith gathering in your home on April 18, the first night of Passover, or on any of the other nights of Passover until it ends on April 26. The bulk of this supplement can be found online at tikkun.org/passoversupplement.
The Winter 2011 issue marked Tikkun’s 25th anniversary with amazing articles by dozens of authors plus our usual insightful articles on politics and society, rethinking religion and culture. Click here to view the table of contents. Please send links to articles that you love to some friends and family, and if you’d like to help us keep publishing and doing our work in the world, please subscribe! You can also click here to buy a copy from Tikkun’s online store at Reach And Teach. [brclear]
The November/December 2010 issue of Tikkun Magazine offered a wonderful special section focused on science and spirit, plus lots of other great articles on politics, religion, and culture.
Keynote
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor
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Rabbi Michael Lerner delivers the 25th Anniversary’s keynote address on creating a caring society, restoring meaning to progressive politics, and striving for our highest vision in creating the society we truly want to see manifest. Tikkun Presentations
Peter Gabel, Associate Editor
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Josh Healey
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Alana Yu-lan Price, Co-Managing Editor
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Nan Fink-Gefen, Founding Publisher
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Wade in the Water – Rev. Lynice Pinkard & Kelly Takunda Orphan Martinez
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The Tikkun Awards
Judge Richard Goldstone
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Videos from Tikkun’s 25th Anniversary Celebration in Washington DC
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On the same evening that Tikkun held it’s 25th Anniversary in Berkeley, the Washington DC chapter of the NSP organized a sister celebration for Tikkun at Busyboys and Poets. James Lee and Imam Johari Abdul Malik presented Congressman Keith Ellison with the NSP Visionary Award to the diverse crowd that had packed into the space – unfortunately, people even had to be turned away once capacity was reached. Much thanks to James Lee and the Washington DC NSP! [brclear]
Congressman Keith Ellison
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The video for this impassioned speech by Rep. Ellison is a little dark for the first half, but it’s well worth it to hear Keith’s acceptance speech.
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Over five hundred people filled a hall at UC Berkeley’s student union to celebrate 25 years of Tikkun magazine and honor six progressive heroes on Monday, March 14.
…just follow every link that looks interesting! For our print readers who are really unfamiliar with the web see the New to the Web heading below. The New Online Tikkun Magazine
Our goal is that every week the slideshow and the four articles with small images underneath will change. Those four articles with images will be exclusive to Tikkun online, though they may include a book excerpt like the extraordinary one by long-time Tikkun author Roger Gottlieb in our first week. The slideshow will feature a wider range of exciting content including:
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On March 14 we celebrate at the Pauley Ballroom of the Student Union Building at the University of California, Berkeley from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. with music, poetry, and speeches. Don’t miss the evening’s talks from our founders Rabbi Michael Lerner and Nan Gefen, as well as from associate editor Peter Gabel. We will also bestow the prestigious Tikkun Award personally to:
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Judge Richard J. Goldstone (author of UN human rights reports on Bosnia, Rwanda, and Gaza)
Congressman Raul Grijalva (a leader of the struggle for immigrant rights in the U.S. House of Representatives)
Naomi Newman (a cofounder of A Traveling Jewish Theatre)
Rabbi Marcia Prager (director of the Jewish Renewal rabbinic training program and author of A Path of Blessing)
C.K. Williams (winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry), and
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf (Muslim theologian and a founder of Zaytuna College). Register online or by calling 510-644-1200 (not on the weekend) between 9:30 a.m-5 p.m. Pacific Time. Our first issue was released on May Day in 1986 and we’ve never missed a deadline from then till now.
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Jewish Renewal is a new movement within Judaism. It is a kind of neo-Hasidism, in that it seeks the spiritual renewal of Judaism, but “neo” because it insists on full equality for women and a creative return to the process of transforming Hallakhah (Jewish law) so that it continues to be a living path to connection to God. The philosophy of Jewish Renewal is articulated best in the theological writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel (see particularly The Prophets and God In Search of Man and Man Is Not Alone) and Zalman Schachter Shalomi (Paradigm Shift), Arthur Waskow (Down To Earth Judaism, GodWrestling) and Michael Lerner (Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation). Judaism is a distinctive blending of spirituality and a liberatory political vision. But when Judaism abandoned its liberatory message, the Judaism that survived was unable to command the respect and adherence of many Jews.
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