... behavior within the framework of maximizing fitness. Yet he cites Darwin himself stating clearly in Descent of Man that something beyond natural selection is needed to explain altruism: The bravest men, who were always willing to come to the front in war and who freely risked their lives for others...

... Jewish community; yet there are moral and political and aremoral there yet community; Jewish the conflict between Arabs and Jews is the conflict between Jews between conflict is the Jews and Arabs between conflict...

... is its as-yet-unfulfilled promise of egalitarianism and equality, of one person/one vote, of the ability of a multicultural nation to live in fractious harmony. And yet, until recently, I had never allowed myself to question the wisdom of the classically framed two-state solution—Israelis here...

..., almost as old as the French Fifth Republic or as the Soviet regime was in 1965, and there is no end in sight. And yet, all Israeli governments since 1967 repeatedly expressed their commitment to end the occupation when certain conditions are met. Israeli Justice Meir Shamgar drew the logical conclusion...

...’ participation in torture, but falls short of helping psychologists empower people to challenge the devastating impact of a narcissism-generating society and competitive marketplace. A movement for integral medicine rightly disputes one-dimensional views of human beings in medicine, yet avoids challenging all...

.... speaking of a Jewish Goddess, the issue seems to have fizzled, and Yet these reasons, w hile significant, cannot account for the con­ no new language has emerged for over a decade. Why? tinued hold o fmale language in m ost prayer books. It is hard not to I don’t...

...Yet, for the generation of such men as Agnon, the heart of the Jewish civilization remained behind in that world destroyed by the enemy. Creative Commons ...

... 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...

... and thinkers represented here, many of them groundbreakers in American literature and thought, don’t know what it means either. That’s the point — to define these terms so as to answer a question that has not yet been posed in American poetry: what is radical Jewish poetry and how is it related to secular...

... and egalitarian yet were able to organize efficiently and create empowering experiences for their members. And so I eagerly read both Miki Kashtan’s new book, Reweaving Our Human Fabric , and the commentary on leadership it elicited from Charles Eisenstein in this issue of Tikkun . Issues of power...

... for a transformed relationship with others: certain core aspects of evolutionary theory is to risk being ““Whoever would tend me,’ the Buddha tells us, ‘should tend to the sick dismissed as a right-wing fundamentalist fanatic. Yet as Jerry Fodor, a cogni­ tive scientist, and Massimo Piattelli...

...? Because those who live in a society where people care for each other are far richer and far safer than many who have endless material riches and armies to protect themselves. Yet the Left remains stuck in the fear that it would discredit itself if it were to call for a society based on love and generosity...

... their lives, other family members, and community unless they have no other choice. And yet this basic truth seems to be lost on this administration and unfortunately many others in our country. In response to emails I sent out encouraging people to join local actions opposing this inhumane policy, I received...

..., be­ read Dawkins, Hitchens more interest is the article no expectation of any­ nign consciousness that and evolutionary psycholo­ by Tony Jones on the thing more than yet anoth­...

... to recall that contested chapter of the American story, or those who lived through it but can­ not bear the burden of making sense of it. Mired in either “conspiracy fatigue” or cynicism, we as a people have yet to fully face the fact...