Word: tikkun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Much of the puzzling that has greeted Clinton's public soul-searching surrounds her language, most notably the phrase "the politics of meaning," borrowed from Michael Lerner, editor of the Jewish liberal bimonthly Tikkun. But her fascination with the terrain is all her own. She has been groping for an understanding of "what it means to be a human being in the 20th century" ever since she was 14 and began attending the youth sessions of the Rev. Donald G. Jones in Park Ridge, Illinois. He cemented her sense as a Methodist of an obligation to help the less fortunate...
...name Tikkun comes from the Hebrew, meaning to heal, repair and transform the world. Given that name, it's not hard to figure out that this magazine is a liberal/progressive alternative to Commentary and its neoconservative readership...
...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...
...Tikkun's politics, in the words, of Woody Allen, are "courageously correct." Support for a demilitarized Palestinian state comes from the recognition that Israel's long-term political, military and spiritual interests are better served by moral actions rather than oppressive domination...
...Tikkun Anthology is too rich in instructive and imaginative ideas to be missed. Five years after Tikkun's first issue, loyal readers have kept the goal of repairing, healing and transforming the world alive. You can, too, by reading this book...