...Rabbi Michael Lerner Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2008 EDITO RIAL Elections in Israel hud Olmert was forced to resign as Prime The result was a humiliating defeat that exposed as fantasy the Minister of Israel...

...Raymond Barglow In New Age contexts, a valuable insight — that transformation is possible and we need not resign ourselves to the status quo — can get twisted into a mirage of counterfeit expectations. ...

... opinions, actions, and preferred policies, so we can transcend affiliations and positions and come to a shared focus on solutions that address everyone’s needs. E ven within our own groups we see splintering, fighting , withdrawing, overpowering, and resignation. To increase our credibility...

... of incurring venomous wrath and threats, both veiled and unveiled, to one’s very livelihood. There is a witch-hunt abroad in the land and many of us in the Jewish community are the witches. Let me cite a few cases, taken more or less at random. Waskow is forced to resign from the Reconstructionist...

... of spirit, one which allows us to be committed while seeing the drawbacks of that commitment, to respect the reality of suffering without making it a brand of righteousness, to articulate a vision that does not demand human sacrifice, to play even with what is serious, and above all to accept—not resign...

..., the and is peace) no yet there mouth, they peace, of sayings Two mind: to come prophets the fundamentalism. religious and ex­ nationalism treme messianism, by is shaped that one to of governance principles resignation. to apathy on and apathy to leads acquiescence, hand, alive...

... chaplain. Reece describes the premature infants as “blue, spider-delicate in nests of tubes … their faces resigned in plastic attics.” It seems reckless to let oneself love something so fragile, so unlikely to survive, but Reece affirms, almost as if to convince himself, “It is correct to love even...

... that to be “realistic” is to accept the basic contours of power and wealth in this society and then find a way either to access that wealth or resign ourselves to accepting our positions in the economic hierarchy, and accepting our political powerlessness as inevitable, thereby accepting an unjust economy and social...

... and affirmation that are fundamental human needs, the longing for connection with others is frequently coupled with a melancholy resignation that such longing is utopian and cannot be fulfilled in this world. Yet the desire for this connection—a desire normally denied by human being so alienated by the dynamics...

...-searching. Too often even Israelis who oppose settlements act towards the lawless and violent culture that has sprung up with equanimity, resignation, a polite “Isn’t it terrible,” or the feeling that extremists must be appeased in order to hold Israeli society together. Here is what Rabbi Ascherman...

... published her resignation letter detail­ tions opposed to the war in assault when it comes to so­ Wing why she was relinquishing her leadership role in Iraq or to the destruction of the cial change organizations is the anti-w ar movement, many of us felt saddened not only environment...

... poverty and crime have become more rampant. And perhaps most worrisome, the feeling of hope for the future that previously defined my old neighborhood has dissipated since my childhood and is now replaced with a sense of desperation and resignation. KLEO/Jeffrey Thomas ( jayshep.wix.com/jshepphoto...

...; it’s a form of the verb “to be,” like “I am becoming” or simply, “I am.” That is what we’re supposed to respect and not take in vain. It’s a word that signifies the ground of being itself. When we are resigned and say, “That’s just the way it is,” the it that we’re talking about is that very...

... The deemed responsible for responsible massacres, was deemed the forced to resign, there­ is precisely This erred. who those structure disciplining and command the of accountable top the to bottom the from people the me, to explained law. As Goldstone international breaking...

... of freedom.” He considered fascism to be a “total submission to organized injustice. . . which has lost interest in holiness” and which supports “resignation under official brutalities.” As an early proponent of ecological consciousness and action, influenced in part by Rachel Carson, he considered...

..., cacerolando. They were not led by any party, and were not following any slogans. They merely sang, “ ¡Que se vayan todos! ¡Que no quede ni uno solo! [They all must go! Not even one should remain!]” Within two weeks, four governments had resigned, the minister of the economy being the first to flee...

... revolutionaries often lack the knowledge and intellectual audacity needed to meet the tasks of developing the new man and woman with methods different from the conventional ones. Pixabay Pixabay After Algiers, Che was essentially excluded from leadership in Cuba. He graciously resigned all his...

.... Instead of patching up the old astronomical theory with more epicycles, scientists should completely transform it. In 1989 it was said that all political scientists should resign, given that none had foreseen that the Berlin Wall was about...