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Participants at the “No Hate. No Fear.” rally in New York City on Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Karen Schwartz.
The only thing that matters is Jewish survival
That doesn’t mean we stop caring about other causes. It does mean we stop sacrificing ourselves at the altar of movements that see us as expendable.
Steve Rosenberg
June 27, 2025
Social justice. Credit: Pixabay.
Separating ‘tikkun olam’ from other values
American leaders who call out the administration for standing up to those who attack students misguidedly interpret what it means to repair the world.
Rabbi Steven Burg
May 12, 2025
Judea and Samaria. Credit: Tovid Sarid Photography.
Renewing ‘tikkun olam’ in modern times
The eighth front of the war on Israel is in the Diaspora, where too many of our own people condemn a society that protects the Jewish future.
Howard Teich
April 11, 2025
AEPi presents a check to the Israel Cancer Research Fund during its 111th annual convention in Miami from July 24-28, 2024. Source: Screenshot/AEPi Facebook.
Jewish fraternity shines a light on cancer research
AEPi instills values in its members, keeping them focused on helping their communities and others. This is a formidable task.
Sandy Rosen
Dec. 13, 2024
A “Stand With Israel” rally in Utah on Oct. 11, 2023. Credit: Utah Reps via Wikimedia Commons.
‘Tikkun Israel’ precedes ‘tikkun olam’
Israel’s existence, strength and inspiration inform our collective Jewish existence, strength and inspiration.
Rabbi Leor Sinai
Oct. 14, 2024
A marcher walking across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the “No Hate. No Fear” Jewish Solidarity March on Jan. 1, 2020. Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images.
American Jews get ‘tikkun olam’ all wrong
How can you repair the world if your own house is falling apart?
Dr. Sheila Nazarian
Aug. 5, 2024
The official congressional portrait of Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.). Source: House Creative Committee via Wikimedia Commons.
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs is sorely mistaken
In hailing “tikkun olam,” the California congresswoman neglects the value of Klal Yisrael: Jews' responsibility for one another.
Liora Rez
July 31, 2024
Carlos Frost and his son, Aaron Frost, draped themselves with an Israeli flag at a solidarity rally for Israel in Miami Beach, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Sergio Carmona.
The cost of altruism
“Tikkun olam” and the loneliness of the Jewish fight against antisemitism.
Steve Rosenberg
June 6, 2024
Attendees at OLAM's Focal Point 2024 conference in New York City, May 2024. Photo by Jesse Kornbluth/OLAM.
OLAM conference unites Jewish humanitarians
Despite the focus on Israel, “we still have a part to play in our Jewish narrative around the globe,” says World Jewish Relief CEO.
Raphael Poch
June 3, 2024