Tikkun Daily Blog Archive (https://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/category/politics/page/12/)
Posts about politics and social change, from a spiritual progressive perspective
As I write this, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, has tracked Santa somewhere over Texas. As you know Christmas Eve is a long day for all four Santas. The northern hemisphere Santa starts east and travels west to work the time zones. Sometimes, if he has time, he will stop by my house of coffee and cornbread. But, not this year.
Netanya Perluss writes about the experience of being an anti-occupation Reform Jew: “My Jewish life encouraged me to call out injustices and work to make our world a better place.”
In this poem, Stephanie Van Hook reimagines the story of the Nativity in light of the #metoo movement: “True story, Mary. When I was a child / Your statues were seen weeping blood / At my church. I think I know now why.”
“We take pride in thinking of ourselves as staunch champions for ethics and justice. And so, we should be appalled at the nomination of Kenneth Marcus for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education.”
Nadia Colburn reminds us that it’s not just Trump: we all need to “re-align our values—to remember that what matters isn’t money but people.”
Dr. Michael J. Koplow finds little encouragement in Sunday’s New York Times article on Trump’s approach to peace in the Middle East.
The debate about BDS (Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) became central to a controversial panel on Anti-Semitism earlier this week at The New School in NYC.
If we are to successfully turn the tide against Trump-ism, it’s crucial to recognize the ways in which these factors are interconnected to efficiently address them at their roots.
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