Gun Violence, Building a Gift Economy, American Jewish Identity, and More: Web Articles from Tikkun
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| Click on the links below for eleven more must-read web exclusives from tikkun.org! This time our authors take on philanthropists' capitulation to capitalism, the Jewish community's drift toward the right, visions for a resuscitation of the Occupy Movement, and much more. Enjoy! |
American Mass Murder: A Toxic Cultural Brew
by Mark LeVine |
 One of the paradoxes of the modern world is precisely that we try to carve out boundaries between excusable—violence from violence that is “totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.” Read More » |
The Jewish Community's Drift Toward the Right
by Deborah Kaufman |
 In the absence of a visionary or even steadfastly progressive leadership, the Jewish community has become stuck in a vicious cycle of recriminations, while slowly shifting to the political right. Read More » |
An American Jewish Identity Crisis
by Alan Snitow |
 Young Jews face a different Jewish reality in America. It’s been two or three generations since the large majority of American Jews were working class. But circumstances are changing yet again, and young American Jews now face the challenge of a new depression. Read More » |
The Gift Economy: A Model for Collaborative Community
by Adam Sher |
 Imagine walking into your local cafe or corner grocery, filling your basket with what you need, leaving behind what you can financially, and walking away with no formal exchange. Now imagine that this economic relationship works as well if not better than a formal market economy. Impossible? Read More » |
Called to Montgomery
by Richard Chrisman |
 Just how dedicated are we to the proposition that all people are created equal in the eyes of a democratic society—and of God? Where are today’s freedom riders to be found?
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Wartime Train
by Christian Wiman |
 A poem by the author of Every Riven Thing, Hard Night, and The Long Home.
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Pinkwashed?
by David Sterritt |
 How far can the ethical standards of activists and philanthropists be trusted when people worship capitalism as blindly as many Americans do today? A review of Pink Ribbons, Inc. Read More » |
Sociopaths Rule
by Morris Berman |
 Heist is an exercise in counter-brainwashing: Reagan and his ilk, the Powell Memorandum, and the so-called think tanks of the political Right all stole the American Dream out from under us. Unless we can debunk the dominant narrative, and realize what really went down since 1981, we will not be able to take back the American Dream. Read More » |
Letter to Occupy
by Gordon Fellman |
 Occupy is not over, but Stage Two has not yet come together. I will now, audaciously, suggest a Stage Two that I am convinced would rock the world. Read More » |
Has Judaism been Stolen by Right-Wingers?
by Richard Schwartz |
 Temperatures have been increasing every decade since the 1970s, producing increasingly severe storms, floods, wildfires, areas of drought, and other signs of climate change. Yet, an alarming percentage of Jews, especially among the Orthodox, still believe that climate change is nothing more than “liberal politics.” Read More » |
Caring and Health Care
by Bruce Hirsch |
 Despite having the highest per capita health spending in the world, the U.S. health system ranks very poorly in international comparisons of quality, outcomes, patient satisfaction, and other measures. A review of Medicine in Translation by Danielle Ofri. Read More » |
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