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We at Tikkun view with horror and outrage the latest bus bombing in Jerusalem. Nothing can make murderous attacks on civilians justified. And nothing does more to freeze people into their fear and certainty that the other side is so barbarian that there is no possibility of achieving peace, so why bother? We at Tikkun unequivocally condemn this morally despicable action.
Rabbi Lerner and his family are paying a price for supporting peace and reconciliation between Israel and Palestine — the zionist extremists are still threatening him and Tikkun.
There is no justice in the fact that one group — the Japanese people — has so disproportionately suffered the consequences of the sinful arrogance of those who have recklessly taken the atom and misused it for war and for profit. On the face of it, there was nothing inherently wrong with the human race considering atomic energy as one possible source of energy among others. But that consideration should have taken place in the context of a deep religious and spiritual recognition that these forces are so enormous and their use such a powerful transformation of nature that they have to be approached with reverence, awe, and a sense that we are dealing with the sacred powers of the universe. We should have been willing to consider the possibility that splitting atoms may have potential consequences so beyond our capacity to rationally predict that atomic energy shouldn’t be tapped at all. And the choice should have been made by people filled with humility and a desire to benefit everyone on the planet not just in this generation but in millennia to come.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the murder of five Israelis in a terrorist attack in the northern West Bank, and we offer our condolences to their loved ones and to the Israeli people. There is no possible justification for the killing of parents and children in their home. We call on the Palestinian Authority to unequivocally condemn this terrorist attack and for the perpetrators of this heinous crime to be held accountable.
Over the course of the past five weeks, billions of people on our planet have allowed themselves to feel the joy of liberation as we watched, read, or heard about the uprisings in the Arab world. Few expected it. Why? Because most of us have internalized the dominant message of those who shape and control our lives: the message that if we want to be taken seriously, we must be “realistic.” And that means we must shape our understanding of what is possible within the economic, political, social, psychological, and spiritual contours of what is actual. So we look at any given situation and almost automatically think “within the box” of “what is.” We have learned to “ride the horse in the direction it is going” rather than attempt to change directions.
After twenty-five years as a print magazine, we are now shifting our primary focus to becoming a strong online magazine, and this website is it!
Primaries are one way we the people can still bring our concerns into national politics.
U.S. policy in the Middle East keeps opting for stability over morality — and so ends up with neither.
It’s time for bolder international action against the ruthless dictator of Libya who is killing his own people. Military jets, helicopter gunships, and mercenaries with machine guns are indiscriminately attacking unarmed demonstrators while heads of state just make statements. Only a vigorous global response can help prevent the situation from spiraling into greater violence. Please ask the US to play a leadership role in forcing the UN Security Council to act. There are peaceful and effective international actions that could save lives in Libya.
Why the destruction of public sector unions in Wisconsin will directly undermine your economic well-being in the years to come, and why the recent veto of a UN resolution is hurting the chances for Middle East peace.
Jews and spiritual progressives of every religious community are rejoicing at the triumph of the democratic uprising in the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities and at the resignation of President Mubarak. But we have no illusions that the struggle for democracy has been won.
Instead of embracing a new New Deal, Obama is begging America’s corporate elite to alleviate the suffering of those most wounded by the “free marketplace.”
After days of mixed messages, the Obama administration said it will not endorse the demands of Egyptian protesters for the president Mubarak to step down.
Though a small segment of Jews have responded to right-wing voices from Israel, the majority of Jews are more excited and hopeful than worried about Egypt’s uprising.
Ideas like “caring for each other” or “caring for the planet” and words like love, generosity, compassion, solidarity, and environmental sanity were painfully absent from this year’s State of the Union address.