33.1/2 Winter Spring

The Life of the Jewish Soul Sucked Out

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The Jewish soul walks into a synagogue, finds the sanctuary
and sits down among the musty pews,
picks up a siddur and pretends to read Hebrew. It’s looking for something to feel holy,
what it knows is inside, but wanting to suck
the outside in to feel real. But there is nothing to suck in except the closet smell
of dead grandparents. There are no real grandfathers anymore. There are no real grandmothers anymore.

33.1/2 Winter Spring

Readers Respond

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Letter to the Editor:
I learned so much by reading Tikkun’s analysis of the left’s condescending attitude towards working class and poor Americans. I have to admit that I ,who had parents that were anti Vietnam war activists, environmental activists, feminist activists,etc, recognize that they had a feeling of being on a higher plane, just as you put it. Even though I have been a very low income earner, I’ve managed to enjoy rural living and growing my own healthy food, I have been subjected to the overt disapproval, and big egos, from wealthy back-to-the-Landers!!!!! So I know how it feels to have scorn heaped on me by others on the left, for not being “more successful” by many people,of the privilege class. So I find myself understanding how the more uneducated white folk feel about the “higher plane” left, as you state in your writing, having been victim of the privileged left myself, but since I had parents on the educated left, I’ve accepted some of their way of seeing things, and as a result cannot accept the working class or poor voting for the right.

33.1/2 Winter Spring

Winter/Spring 2018 Table of Contents

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32.4 Fall

Fall 2017 Table of Contents

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This quarterly issue of the magazine is available both online and in hard copy. The full online articles are only available to subscribers and NSP members — subscribe or join now to read the rest! You can also buy a paper copy of this single print issue. Members and subscribers get online access to the magazine. If you are a member or subscriber who needs guidance on how to register, email chris@tikkun.org or call 510-644-1200 for help — registration is easy and you only have to do it once.