Stories by Michael Lerner
Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun and author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right (HarperSanFrancisco, Feb, 2006).
Though the neocons' dream of American global empire has failed, they're still pushing for an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East.
Posted on Jul 17, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A progessive movement that speaks to people's spiritual desires could win the popular support it needs to create a world of peace and human rights.
Posted on Feb 10, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The Iranian president's inflammatory comments about Israel are a godsend for Sharon and the Israeli right.
Posted on Dec 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Last week's painful and violent withdrawal from Gaza and the northern West Bank never had to happen.
Posted on Aug 26, 2005, Source: Tikkun
Imagine if every day there were headlines saying: "29,000 children died yesterday from preventable diseases and malnutrition." Would the aid money rush in? Does it?
Posted on Jan 5, 2005, Source: Tikkun
Christmas has been stolen – but not by the Jews and secularists. It's been stolen by the Christian right.
Posted on Dec 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Many voters looked to the right for the 'politics of meaning,' and were pushed away by progressives' knee-jerk hostility to religion.
Posted on Nov 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Many Americans have been cowed into silence about Israeli aggression. But they should say aloud what they really feel: that Israel is behaving immorally and even savagely.
Posted on Apr 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
