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Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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With the passing of Rabbi Michael Lerner, looking back on Tikkun magazine

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

Editor’s note: Rabbi Michael Lerner of Berkeley passed away on Wednesday. He was 81. To mark his death, we’re republishing this piece from April of this year on a major […]

Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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What losing Tikkun means to me — and to the rest of the Jewish world

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
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Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2024June 16, 2024
Detail from "You Don’t Get to Know" by Terri Friedman, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Friedman)
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At CJM, a dense (and very pink) tapestry of joy and pain

by Merissa Nathan Gerson December 5, 2022January 3, 2023
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ourtesy The Contemporary Jewish Museum)
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CJM visitors wonder: Does the Palestinian flag belong on the museum’s walls?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 9, 2022November 11, 2023

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