This phrase with kabbalistic roots has come to connote social justice.

In contemporary Jewish thought.

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.

From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...

Despite the fact that it’s a celebration, I have bittersweet feelings about Juneteenth.Its origins are traced to Union troops arriving ...

“And you shall lay down, and no man shall terrify you….” Whenever I stand up in shul on Shabbat and ...

“My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”   That caption from a New ...

These are exciting times for Jewish social justice.  This past week, an interfaith group of ministers, led in part by the ...

I’ll start with a confession. After writing these monthly blogs about summer camp for almost two years now, I still ...

Recently, in a four-part series published in the Charlotte Observer, my old college roommate Binyamin Appelbaum, broke a huge story ...