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.”
Justice for All
In Brooklyn, Anti-Semitism Takes A Different Tack
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Nikolas Kozloff reports on the recent spike in hate crimes in Brooklyn, “one of the last places where one would expect to see high levels of anti-Semitism.”
Justice for All
Minimum Wage Vote in Congress
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Take Action Now. Chuck Collins from the Institute for Policy Studies, Inequality team, calls us to support legislation to raise the federal minimum wage.
Politics & Society
Honoring Activists’ Experience
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Bayo Akomolafe reflects on ageism in the Democratic party and argues that we should not dismiss “the ‘old’ to the reliquary of irrelevance.”
Jewish Wisdom
Seeking the Feminine Divine
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Shelly Fredman imagines the feminine face of God in order to challenge “the decidedly male bent of our tradition.”
Justice for All
Act Today to Stop another Trump assault on children
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Please submit a comment to the HUD, telling them NOT to change the eligibility rules of who can live in federally funded housing.
Tikkun Daily
How dare modern psychologists challenge traditional views of masculinity!
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Ron Seigel argues that we need to reimagine masculinity so that we no longer celebrate “the the masculinity of meanness [but rather] the masculinity of meaning.”
Justice for All
Ending Private Prisons and Exploitation for Profit
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Senator Elizabeth Warren has “[a] plan to root out once and for all the profit incentives perverting our criminal and immigration systems.”
Ecological Transformation
Matthew Fox on Developing Environmental Consciousness
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Matthew Fox urges to the graduating class of Oberlin College to “stand together in the choice […] to see our species thrive and all these other species with it.”