Podcasts about rabbi michael lerner

Global healing requires a spiritual transformation of every aspect of life. Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun Magazine, author/educator Matthew Fox and Joanna Macy, eco-philosopher and scholar of Buddhism speak of the profound interconnectedness of all life and the experience of joy, courage and community we need to engage in the healing of the world.

Rosie Bultman interviews Rabbi Cat Zavis about a 2003 speech by Rabbi Michael Lerner, and what it means to be a Rabbi for Ceasefire

We talk with Marianne Williamson about her book, A Politics of Love. Then Rabbi Michael Lerner tells us about his book, Revolutionary Love. The post Marianne Williamson, A POLITICS OF LOVE & Rabbi Michael Lerner, REVOLUTIONARY LOVE appeared first on Writer's Voice.

The devotion for today, Thursday, September 16 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. A liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that destroy the promise, the hope, the vision. Resources mentioned in today's devotion: Rabbi Michael Lerner and the Tikkun community offer a progressive and full litany of communal sins and encourage participation by anyone who would have a clean heart and right spirit. https://www.tikkun.org/for-the-sins-a-contemporary-version-of-atonement-on-yom-kippur-and-all-year-round/ Consider participating in Yom Kippur services on line at a local synagogue or at Central Synagogue, speaking together the way we miss the mark, being inspired by a thoughtful sermon, and moved by the kol nidre (here sung when Rabbi Angela Buchwald was cantor) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-8f_SoNqg.

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we share a story that can provide hope and inspiration and discuss the challenges we face in our efforts to move beyond individual acts of goodness to acts of societal transformation. Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

One of the most challenging topics in interfaith settings is Israel/Palestine. How do we begin to address this subject, create space for meaningful dialogue, and take steps towards action? How can those outside of Palestine and Israel better inform ourselves? What is our role? We explore some of these questions, acknowledging the difficulty of even agreeing on a shared view of history, language, and responsibilities. Featuring Faisal Saleh, founder of the Palestine Museum US, and Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine. Learn more about: Palestine Museum https://www.palestinemuseum.us/ Tikkun https://www.tikkun.org/

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we celebrate the guilty verdicts in Minneapolis even as we mourn ongoing police murders of African Americans. The same day Chauvin was convicted, a 16 yr old African American girl in Columbus, OH was shot dead by police. Guilty verdicts are not enough to achieve the fundamental changes needed in the criminal justice system and to end racism in our society.

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we discuss the rise of fascist forms of nationalism and a strategy to tackle it before it controls the United States and other countries. Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, Celebrating the Covid Relief Bill and Dreaming of More, we recognize the importance of celebrating the covid relief bill that will provide desperately needed funds to Americans at this time and speak to what we believe is needed going forward. To learn more about our Liberation Seder (everyone is welcome!), go to: www.beyttikkun.org. Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we discuss the failure of the Senate to convict Trump, Biden's call for unity, and more! Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

“Nothing is more inspiring and more rewarding than being the change we want to see in the world.” This is how Steve Farrell, Worldwide Executive Director and co-founder of Humanity’s Team, opens up this special Global Oneness Summit discussion on Sacred Action with Neale Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson, Andrew Harvey, and Rabbi Michael Lerner.  Sacred Action is the coming together of spirituality and activism. It's not about religion. It's not about any form of dogma. It is the activism that comes from the heart, not just the head. It is activism that is compassionate, positive, kind, and transformative. Sacred activism fuses inner transformation and outer transformation.  Being a spiritual activist means doing our part in creating change with a spirit of positivity, compassion, love, and a balance of interdependence and self-determination. "Sacred Action" is a powerful conversation with 5 powerful leaders: Modern-day spiritual messenger Neale Donald Walsch is co-founder of Humanity's Team and author of the Conversations with God series. Marianne Williamson is a New York Times bestselling author, political activist and spiritual thought leader. Andrew Harvey is the founder and Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism. Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun, one of the most respected intellectual/cultural magazines in the Jewish world, and is author of the national bestseller, The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right. And as before mentioned, Steve Farrell is Worldwide Director and co-founder of Humanity’s Team Tune in to our podcast ‘Sacred Action’ to hear about... Human beings as exemplars of compassion and forgiveness Replacing adaptation with imitation Cultural avoidance of pain   Worldwide resistance fueled by Love Tikkun: to heal, repair, and transform the world And much more! (Note: this is a special rebroadcast and any websites, links, programs, or events mentioned may no longer be active. Thank you!) Explore Humanity’s Team and the timeless truth that We Are All One.  Humanity Stream, our streaming subscription service with unlimited access to our most popular masterclasses, including Neale Donald Walsh’s "Our Final Frontier," 350+ other programs, and 450+ hours of total content. Learn more about Humanity Stream and our 7-day free trial here! Learn more about all of the Humanity’s Team free programs.

Rabbi Michael Lerner – Revolutionary LoveAired Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM ESTIn the spring of 2020, with the spread of the pandemic, the challenges it presented, the egregious acts of racism and racial violence and a failure of leadership to address these challenges, I shared on this program and in my community that it was a time for acts of radical kindness, radical compassion and radical love. We begin 2021 with the recognition that these acts continue to call to us and that our very survival is contingent on caring for one another, our environment, and our world. How may we find a path to this and in doing so open the hearts and minds of all peoples to this reality. My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Rabbi Michael Lerner, has made this path much of his life’s work. Rabbi Lerner is an American political activist, the editor of “Tikkun”, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the Rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Berkeley. Rabbi Lerner’s legacy of political activism was launched in 1964 when he attended UC Berkeley. He walked past students sitting in protest, listened to their speeches, and joined their efforts quickly becoming a leader in the student movement. The failures of the social change movements of the 60s and 70s inspired him to study psychology to gain a deeper understanding of the psychodynamics of American society. Intellectual wisdom and curiosity as well as spiritual depth have always been the foundation of his work and efforts, giving rise to many articles, books, and ultimately, Tikkun magazine. His best-selling books include The Left Hand of God, Spirit Matters and Jewish Renewal. You can find out more about him at the websites Tikkun.org and http://beyttikkun.org/. He joins me this week to share his path, his work and his new book, Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto To Heal and Transform the World.Visit the Destination Unlimited show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/destination-unlimited/Connect with Victor Fuhrman at http://victorthevoice.com/#MichaelLerner #RevolutionaryLove #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimited

Rabbi Michael Lerner talks about Revolutionary Love & we air excerpts from some of our Best 2020 interviews. The post Michael Lerner, REVOLUTIONARY LOVE & A 2020 Look-back on Building Solidarity appeared first on Writer's Voice.

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, in honor of the holiday season, we have decided to dream big and imagine a truly transformed and loving world. We invite you to imagine with us! Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we discuss the liberatory and spiritual meanings of Chanukah and Christmas and why as spiritual activists we think drawing on these messages is important in our work to heal and transform the world. But unfortunately in this mass capitalist culture, those meanings get obscured and replaced with the mantra of buy, buy, buy. And that message is particularly painful this year in the midst of a pandemic that has crushed even the insufficient financial resources for tens of millions of people in our society. Tikkun Magazine - www.tikkun.org Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) - www.spiritualprogressives.org. Email: cat@spiritualprogressives.org (subject heading - Imagine with Us) Rabbi Lerner's book Revolutionary Love at www.tikkun.org/revlove Emma's Revolution - www.emmasrevolution.com

Michael Lerner – Revolutionary LoveA “Humanifesto” for A Caring SocietyAired Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 2:00 PM PST / 5:00 PM ESTAn Interview with Spiritual Political Activist Rabbi Michael Lerner“When a global Marshall Plan replaces the current ‘martial plan’ humankind will finally live up to its name.” — Swami BeyondanandaThere is a concept in Jewish theology called Tikkun Olam, roughly translated as the healing of the world. According to 16th century Rabbi Isaac Luria, in order to set the world right humans must be involved in this repair of the world. In our own times, this call for restoring wholeness has been taken up by this week’s Wiki Politiki guest, Rabbi Michael Lerner, founder of Tikkun magazine and of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in Berkeley, California.Rabbi Lerner is the author of several groundbreaking books, including The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism, which caught the attention of Bill and Hillary Clinton, who invited him to stay at the White House. Ten years later, he wrote The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right, a book that pointed out that by focusing primarily on economic issues, progressives left the dealing with the spiritual malaise so many Americans were feeling to the religious right. In 2005 Lerner became chair of The Network of Spiritual Progressives whose mission was to “challenge the materialism and selfishness in American society and to promote an ethos of love, generosity, and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe.”His latest book is Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto Heal and Transform the World, where he lays out his vision of a caring society that evolves past the narcissistic memes of capitalist dogmas and self-deceptive, self-help teachings. Rabbi Lerner’s unique perspective comes not only from his spiritual and political foundations, but also from his background as a psychotherapist.If you are wondering how we DO make the shift from predominantly domination to collaboration and cooperation, please join me this Tuesday, December 15th 2-3 pm PT / 5-6 pm ET.To find out more about Rabbi Lerner and Tikkun, please go here: https://www.tikkun.org/Support Wiki Politiki — A Clear Voice In the “Bewilderness”If you LOVE what you hear, and appreciate the mission of Wiki Politiki, “put your money where your mouse is” … Join the “upwising” — join the conversation, and become a Wiki Politiki supporter: http://wikipolitiki.com/join-the-upwising/Make a contribution in any amount via PayPal (https://tinyurl.com/y8fe9dks)Go ahead, PATRONIZE me! Support Wiki Politiki monthly through Patreon!Visit the Wiki Politiki Show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/wiki-politiki-radio-show/Connect with Steve Bhaerman at https://wakeuplaughing.com/#MichaelLerner #RevolutionaryLove #SteveBhaerman #WikiPolitiki

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. In this episode, we build on our discussion from last week on grieving and look at it through the lens of the ongoing police brutality and murders of black people. What can we do to challenge racism? How can we educate white people? And how do we avoid blaming and shaming people so they can hear the ways that racism harms them as well?

Welcome to Imagine with Us podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis. We're excited to bring you our first episode in which we discuss how it is that over 70 million people voted for a candidate that so many more people deem to be both corrupt and frighteningly dangerous. How can we understand the lure of hate-filled politics beyond the narrow analysis that “all his supporters are racist or stupid” and respond to this moment with empathy, revolutionary love, and justice so we can build a future that embraces us all?

Through a lifetime of activism and organizing, rooted in his beliefs for a more just world, Rabbi Michael Lerner believes that we must build a leftist movement based on love of our fellow person to truly transform the world. We sit down with him to discuss his lifetime of experience, from being one of the “Seattle Seven” to his work with the Democratic Socialists of America, and his pursuit of justice to heal and transform our world. Support this podcast

Rabbi Michael Lerner, a lifelong progressive, talks about his new book and what he found lacking in the Democratic Socialist’s presidential campaign. 

Class is in session! The co-hosts of Growing Down sit front row as Rabbi Michael Lerner shares insights from his new book Revolutionary Love and his rich history of activism for social rights. We were honored to be in the audience and we hope you feel the same. Excerpt from Revoltionary Love: "We seek a new bottom line that judges our institutions, our economy, our political lives, our legal system, our cultural institutions, our educational system, and every aspect of our society as productive, efficient, or rational to the extent that they maximize our human capacities to be loving, generous, and caring toward each other and the Earth, ethically and environmentally responsible, and committed to social, economic, and environmental justice; and to the extent to which they promote joy, playfulness, compassion and empathy, self-acceptance, humor, and aesthetic creativity, health and thanksgiving for life in all its forms, love of learning science and literature, repentance and forgiveness, treatment of all human beings as embodiments of the sacred and not just instrumentally as means to our own ends, and a response to the universe and our planet Earth that is filled with awe, wonder, and radical amazement (rather than seeing them only as "resources" to fill human needs). " -Rabbi Michael Lerner --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/growing-down/message

Rabbi Michael Lerner visits to discuss an important message that progressives must heed detailed in his new book “Revolutionary Love.”

Rabbi Michael Lerner visits to discuss an important message that progressives must heed detailed in his new book "Revolutionary Love." The COVID-19 US catastrophe.

Beyt Tikkun Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis - Parsha Kedoshim - Love the Stranger

In Episode 21, I speak with Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World and editor of Tikkun magazine. Lerner's social activism goes far back to when he was a leader of the Free Speech Movement at UC, Berkeley in 1964. Rabbi Lerner shares with us his vision for a Caring Society, and how to address the unmet psychological and spiritual needs that the Left has ignored. He explains the importance of developing 'prophetic empathy' as a means for building a progressive movement that infused with love and caring for all.

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine (https://www.tikkun.org/), on the topic of "A Jewish Mandate to Address the Environmental Crisis!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun, chair of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue-Without-Walls in Berkeley, California. He is the author of eleven books, including The Left Hand of God and Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. His most recent book is Revolutionary Love. Rabbi Lerner reflects on what it means to be a truth-teller and moral human being who has fought for human rights and dignity for more than five decades. Rabbi Lerner also offers a vision for saving America from the evils of Trumpism and other cruelty based upon what he describes as “revolutionary love” and “radical empathy”. And Rabbi Lerner warns that the Democratic Party and too many liberals and progressives are unable to connect with white working class people because of elite condescension and “political correctness”. Chauncey DeVega keeps trying to help the American people understand the dire threat posed to the country and the world by the “hope peddlers” who continue to downplay the existential danger represented by Donald Trump's regime and his foot soldiers. Chauncey also reflects on a week of exhaustion made worse by the deaths of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna and how so many people have been broken by Donald Trump being declared a de facto king by the Republicans and other Trump evil-doers. And Chauncey shares a story about Mr. Peanut, the sinister and wicked eater of his own people – and closeted (and now out) gay icon. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW  Resist false hope: America under Trump is in big trouble, and there's no going back With Trump's Impeachment Trial, Republicans Have Convicted Themselves Harvard Law Prof: Dershowitz's Argument Means Trump Can Round Up Black People to Prevent Them from Voting for a Democrat The impeachment trial is a reminder: our democracy is fragile. Civil rights activists already know that Mr Peanut: A Gay Capitalist With a Problematic Legacy WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow Please subscribe to and follow my new podcast The Truth Report https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-report-with-chauncey-devega/id1465522298 http://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

Many liberals and progressives yearn for coherent alternatives to capitalism, but previous visions of socialism do not necessarily account for anything beyond material benefits. Social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner came to Town Hall to advocate his strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Drawing from his book Revolutionary Love, Lerner proposed a method to replace what he terms the “capitalist globalization of selfishness” with a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy, and environmental sanity. Lerner challenged liberal and progressive forces to move beyond politics and build a movement that can reverse the environmental destructiveness and social injustice caused by wanton pursuit of profit. Revisiting the hidden injuries of class, Lerner showed that much of the suffering in our society—including most of its addictions and the growing embrace of right-wing nationalism and reactionary versions of fundamentalism—are driven by frustrated needs for community, love, respect, and connection to a higher purpose in life. Yet these needs are too often missing from liberal discourse. Lerner contended that even if progressive programs are smartly constructed, they cannot be achieved unless they speak to the heart and address the pain so many people experience. Join Lerner to explore his idea of a “Caring Society” and develop the courage to stop listening to those who tell us that fundamental social transformation is unrealistic. Rabbi Michael Lerner is the editor of Tikkun magazine. He is the author of eleven books, including two national bestsellers, Jewish Renewal and The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right. Lerner, who has PhDs in philosophy and social and clinical psychology, was chosen for the 2019 Humanitarian Award by the International Association of Sufism. He has also received Morehouse College’s King-Gandhi Award for his work for peace and nonviolence. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Recorded live in The Forum on December 12, 2019. 

Rabbi Michael Lerner editor of Tikkun Magazine, author of Revolutionary Love and civil rights activist for 55 years. Speaking about religion and intolerance.

It’s more than the similar time of year. According to guest Rabbi Michael Lerner, of Tikkun Magazine and chair of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, both holidays mark times in which people without power successfully took on the powers of The post Christmas/Hanukkah Are About Strength Through Generosity, Not Dominance appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.

On this episode of Solutions News, we interview Rabbi Michael Lerner about his newest book, Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World. We also explore Americans' obsession with work and ask if a reduced work-week might actually improve productivity. In addition, we feature our "didyaknows" and spotlight voting and activism in shaping our world. As Anita Roddick once said: "If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in your sleeping bag."

Gregory "Joey" Johnson of the Revolution Club, U.S. flag burner, Rabbi Michael Lerner founder of Tikkun Magazine, Tom Carpenter Director of Hanford Challenge on Hanford nuclear clean up.

As Robert Bowers, the man accused of killing 11 congregants in a hate-filled attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue, prepared to make his first court appearance today, survivors and relatives of the victims were still struggling to come to terms with the enormity of the loss. What does this say about hate and vitriol in the American political landscape, especially in the context of the man who killed two people at a grocery store last Wednesday? A white man, Gregory A. Bush, 51, who allegedly killed two people at a Kroger grocery store in Kentucky, tried to enter the First Baptist Church in Jeffersontown, a predominantly black church nearby, just minutes before the fatal shooting. Maurice Stallard, 69, and Vickie Jones, 67, were shot in the grocery store and the parking lot, respectively. Rabbi Michael Lerner writes, in response to "the love pouring out toward the Jewish community from all sectors of this society" since the massacre on Saturday: "The good news is this: despite the negativity, hurtfulness and evil that has increasingly gotten support by the Trump administration and sections of the Republican Party, there is a fundamental decency and goodness in most people on this planet and in the US." The leaders of a progressive Jewish organization in Pittsburgh said President Donald Trump should not visit the city as it mourns, unless he changes his tone. Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate, wins Brazil's presidential election. We've talked about the possibility of this happening, but now it is a reality. Mr. Bolsonaro's pledge to fight crime and corruption following a string of scandals have won him mass support. However, critics are worried by his praise of Brazil's former dictatorship, and by his comments on race, women and homosexuality. The question being asked in the bourgeois press is: what psychological malady is taking hold that could persuade voters to elect such a person? The framing poses the resurgence as inexplicable, as the result of the fundamental flaw of democracy: the voters. A litany of failures is redistributed downward. Because Mr. Bolsonaro is politically repressive and culturally intolerant, the electorate must want political repression and cultural intolerance. Because Mr. Bolsonaro is a gender bully and homophobic, voters must be gender bullies and homophobic. Missing from explanations of the rise of Mr. Bolsonaro is that for the last decade, Brazil has experienced the worst economic recession in the country's history. Fourteen million formerly employed, working-age Brazilians are now unemployed.Americans' personal income is up, but not as much as economists expected. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports today that personal income rose two-tenths of a percent last month. That's half the increase analysts had forecast. But Americans aren't shy about spending what they make. Consumer spending increased four-tenths of a percent in September, right on the experts' prediction. Jake Johnson writes in Common Dreams that while we see this, billionaires made more money in 2017 than any other year in history. “The past 30 years have seen far greater wealth creation than the Gilded Age,” the UBS annual billionaires report says. Could this systemic inequality result in a change of public perception resulting in civil unrest as people see their American Dream become more of a nightmare? What does this inequality mean for the country going forward? GUESTS:Earl Ofari Hutchinson — Political analyst; author of Why Black Lives Do Matter; the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network.Michael Lerner — American political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Berkeley.Gerald Horne — Professor of history at the University of Houston and author of many books, including Blows Against the Empire: U.S. Imperialism in Crisis.Tom Porter — African American Studies Department at Ohio University and former director of the King Center in Atlanta.Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression, who also writes at jackrasmus.com.

1.  Are you taking care of yourself every day?  Recent research findings about how journaling can be helpful in coping  with depression and anxiety.       2.  What the world needs now is love sweet love.  Beatty discusses the recent Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy and reads commentary from Rabbi Michael Lerner and columnist Philip Eli.   WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THEIR WORDS OF WISDOM TO HEART!   3.  Beatty's guest today is Dr. Nicole Kelly. M.D. She talks about how she was victimized by a sociopathic sex addict who embezzled over $700,000from her medical practice.  1 in 25 people fall on the sociopath spectrum.  Learn how to recognize the signs of these charming cheaters so that you can protect yourself and your family from their lies and charms.   TO LIFE AND LOVE,  BEATTY 

Rev. Deborah L. Johnson is the founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries, an Omnifaith outreach ministry dedicated to teaching the practical application of Universal Spiritual Principles to all of life’s circumstances.  She is also the founder and president of The Motivational Institute, an organizational development consulting firm specializing in cultural diversity serving the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to community based organizations. She is a dynamic public speaker, known for her ability to bring clarity to complex and emotionally charged issues. A life-long social justice activist, Rev. Deborah is the successful co-litigant in two landmark cases in California – one set precedent for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the state’s Civil Rights Bill, the other defeated the challenge to legalizing domestic partnerships.  A voice for compassion, equality, and reconciliation, her primary focus has been on coalition building, conflict resolution, public policy development, and cultural sensitivity awareness. She holds a vision of Oneness, beyond creed and doctrine, and feels particularly called to heal the sense of separation between those adhering to conservative and progressive ideologies. Her groundbreaking work has been featured in numerous books, magazines, radio, and television programs including Conversations with Neale (Neale Donald Walsch) radio show, Shambhala Sun magazine, Showtime TV’s Black Filmmaker Showcase production Jumpin’ the Broom, the film God and Gays: Bridging the Gap, and ABC Nightline. Rev. Deborah is the author of the The Sacred Yes and Your Deepest Intent of the Letters from the Infinite series, as well as Living the Sacred Yes: Affirmations for Action.  She is co-writer of several songs on Singing the Sacred Yes by Valerie Joi. Wherever she goes, her message is always one of possibility, inclusion, empowerment and transformation. Rev. Deborah is an inductee into the Board of Preachers of the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel at Morehouse College which honors clergy for their lifetime work in social justice. She is a leadership development trainer for the Network of Spiritual Progressives, founded by Rabbi Michael Lerner and the Tikkun Community, Cornel West, and Sister Joan Chittister. Rev. Deborah is a member of the Advisory Council of the Association for Global New Thought. She is also an original vision core member of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles founded by her spiritual mentor, Michael Beckwith. As an advocate for continual and lifelong learning, Rev. Deborah is a faculty member at several institutes of higher learning: UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Business Executive Leadership Diversity Training Institute; Pacific School of Religion; Holmes Institute of Consciousness Studies; and the Agape University of Transformational Studies and Leadership. She is also an Advisory Council member in the Women’s Studies Department at Brandeis University. She holds a BA in economics from USC, an MBA from UCLA, and a ministerial degree from the Holmes Institute.

Shane and Tony sit down with Rabbi Michael Lerner.

How can we avoid reacting furiously when someone provokes us? Hear a fascinating array of answers from theologian Frank Rogers, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Rev. Betty Stookey and legendary folksinger Noel Paul Stookey, who performs.

How can we avoid reacting furiously when someone provokes us? Hear a fascinating array of answers from theologian Frank Rogers, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Rev. Betty Stookey and legendary folksinger Noel Paul Stookey, who performs.

Rabbi Michael Lerner is one of America's most significant progressive intellectuals and political leaders. He is rabbi of the Bay Area congregation Beyt Tikkun and the co-founder and editor of Tikkun magazine: a bimonthly Jewish and interfaith critique of politics, culture, and society. Tikkun is one of the most respected intellectual/cultural magazines in the Jewish world, but also one of the most controversial because of its stand in favor of the rights of Palestinians, on the one hand, which locates him in the minds of many as the leader and most prominent spokesperson in the United States of Jewish supporters of the Israeli peace movement, and on the other hand, because of his stand critiquing the anti-religious and anti-spiritual biases of the secular Left, insisting that they need to address the spiritual hunger of Americans as equally important to their material needs.

About Rabbi Lerner and Cat Zavis... Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right (Harper San Francisco, 2006), is rabbi of the Bay Area congregation Beyt Tikkun and editor of Tikkun magazine: a bimonthly Jewish and interfaith critique of politics, culture, and society. Tikkun is one of the most respected intellectual/cultural magazines in the Jewish world, but also one of the most controversial because of its stand in favor of the rights of Palestinians, on the one hand, which locates him in the minds of many as the leader and most prominent spokesperson in the United States of Jewish supporters of the Israeli peace movement, and on the other hand, because of his stand critiquing the anti-religious and anti-spiritual biases of the secular Left, insisting that they need to address the spiritual hunger of Americans as equally important to their material needs. He is the co-author with Cornel West of a book entitled Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin, and several other books, including Healing Israel/Palestine. He is also the author of another ten books including The Politics of Meaning, Healing Israel/Palestine, The Socialism of Fools: Anti-Semitism on the Left, Spirit Matters and Jewish Renewal. Cat J. Zavis is the Executive Director of the Network for Spiritual Progressives as well as a collaborative divorce attorney, mediator, coach, and conflict resolution and Empathic Communication trainer. She has been practicing Empathic Communication, mediation, and collaborative law for seven years. She conducts workshops and trainings in Empathic Communication for parents, collaborative professionals, mediators, teachers, students, political activists and spiritual centers. In 2009, her business was awarded a Peace Builder Award for her contribution to building peace in her community. Her combination of personal experience and professional expertise give Cat a unique perspective and ability to help people in conflict navigate their differences, whether personal or political.

Laura and Christopher examine the capture and death of bin Laden and our nation's response. They share commentary from Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Deepak Chopra and more. What do such events mean to the soul of humanity, and how can we utilize this event to move forward in human evolution? What does this say about our shadow side and the pursuit of any who perpetrate significant crimes against humanity?

Laura and Christopher examine the capture and death of bin Laden and our nation's response. They share commentary from Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Deepak Chopra and more. What do such events mean to the soul of humanity, and how can we utilize this event to move forward in human evolution? What does this say about our shadow side and the pursuit of any who perpetrate significant crimes against humanity?

Rabbi Michael Lerner, an outspoken advocate of religious pluralism, and Michael Novak, a Roman Catholic social theorist and director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute debate the place of religion in American politics. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13170]

Rabbi Michael Lerner, an outspoken advocate of religious pluralism, and Michael Novak, a Roman Catholic social theorist and director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute debate the place of religion in American politics. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13170]

Rabbi Michael Lerner, an outspoken advocate of religious pluralism, and Michael Novak, a Roman Catholic social theorist and director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute debate the place of religion in American politics. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13170]

Rabbi Michael Lerner, an outspoken advocate of religious pluralism, and Michael Novak, a Roman Catholic social theorist and director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute debate the place of religion in American politics. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13170]

Michael Lerner, a rabbi in the Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, has been an outspoken advocate for rejecting what he considers to be ethnocentric interpretations of the Torah. Lerner's publications promote religious pluralism and liberal approaches to political problems. He has worked to build bridges with Muslim leaders around such issues as attacks against immigrant communities in the U.S. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12028]

Michael Lerner, a rabbi in the Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, has been an outspoken advocate for rejecting what he considers to be ethnocentric interpretations of the Torah. Lerner's publications promote religious pluralism and liberal approaches to political problems. He has worked to build bridges with Muslim leaders around such issues as attacks against immigrant communities in the U.S. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12028]

Michael Lerner, a rabbi in the Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, has been an outspoken advocate for rejecting what he considers to be ethnocentric interpretations of the Torah. Lerner's publications promote religious pluralism and liberal approaches to political problems. He has worked to build bridges with Muslim leaders around such issues as attacks against immigrant communities in the U.S. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12028]

Mirrors, Windows, Doors The Compassionate Trickster within us all, holds a mirror to society, with a wave of her hand, turns it into a window – the vision of how it could be. And with another wave turns the window into a door. Caroline is joined today by Rabbi Michael Lerner, and at the half hour by Deborah Fekmeth of Syria, that we may be active agents of story, vision and animation. Rabbi Michael Lerner | End the Suffering in the Middle East "The people of the Middle East are suffering again as militarists on all sides, and cheerleading journalists, send forth missiles, bombs and endless words of self-justification for yet another pointless round of violence between Israel and her neighbors," writes Rabbi Michael Lerner. This most recent episode of irrationality "evokes tears of sadness, incredulity at the lack of empathy on all sides, anger at how little anyone seems to have learned from the past, and moments of despair as we once again see the religious and democratic ideals subordinated to the cynical realism of militarism." The post The Visionary Activist Show – July 20, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.