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Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
This phrase with kabbalistic roots has come to connote social justice.
Tikkun in Lurianic Kabbalah
In contemporary parlance, tikkun olam refers to repairing the earthly world in which we live but in Luria's teachings, complete tikkun would undo the world we know.
Studying Tikkun Olam
From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...
Tikkun Olam on Juneteenth
Despite the fact that it’s a celebration, I have bittersweet feelings about Juneteenth.Its origins are traced to Union troops arriving ...
Jewish Thought, Live, Members of the Scribe
October Mourning and Tikkun Olam
“And you shall lay down, and no man shall terrify you….” Whenever I stand up in shul on Shabbat and ...
Enlightenment Thinking and Tikkun Olam
“My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.” That caption from a New ...
Jewish Thought, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
Are Synagogues Outsourcing Tikkun Olam?
These are exciting times for Jewish social justice. This past week, an interfaith group of ministers, led in part by the ...
Tikkun Olam Watch
Recently, in a four-part series published in the Charlotte Observer, my old college roommate Binyamin Appelbaum, broke a huge story ...