Word: lerner
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Tikkun was founded in 1986 under the editorial rule of Michael Lerner as a response to the growing conservatism of mainstream American Jewish leadership and culture. The issues Tikkun tackles, however, are not relevant only to Jews...
...particular interest to the Harvard community are those essays in the first section of the anthology, Politics and Society. Lerner opens with a powerful introductory essay called "A New Paradigm for Liberals: The Primacy of Ethics and Emotions." He's not afraid to criticize the methods and goals of the present liberal/progressive establishment, especially the Democratic Party's economic reductionism...
Forcefully presenting the desire of Americans to live in a moral universe, Lerner demonstrates that opportunities for ethical action, not pork-barrel politics, are the legislative imperatives of Congress...
...horrible," stroke Rachel Lerner said. "But we managed to stay ahead the whole way. We kept expecting them to creep up on us but they just never made a challenge...