I’ve had the longing for tikkun olam since I was a child in Israel. It was only when I encountered principled nonviolence that I found vision, faith, and concrete practice that allowed me to make tikkun olam central to my life.
I envision a world that works for all people and the planet. My faith rests on the radical understanding that every action taken by anyone is an expression of human needs. My practice of nonviolence emerges from love embodied as compassion, fierceness, courage, and an uncompromising willingness to stand for truth. My vision, faith, and practice combine to ground my commitment to collaborative, noncoercive solutions that address everyone’s needs.
History shows that those who gain power tend to recreate structures that work for some and not for others. If, by some miracle, those who resonate with the Tikkun worldview gain sufficient power to have influence on a...
