Michael Lerner Collection
Rabbi Michael Lerner (1943-)Ìýis an American political activist, the founding editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, CA, the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in Berkeley, and a co-founder of the Institute for Labor and Mental Health in Oakland, CA. He is a member of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
MichaelÌýLernerÌýwas born in 1943 and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.ÌýHe received a B.A. from Columbia University, and in 1972, he earned a PhD in philosophy from University of California, Berkeley. In 1977, he received a PhD in Clinical/Social Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA.ÌýLernerÌýreceived non-seminary rabbinical ordination in 1995 through a beth din (rabbinical court) composed of three rabbis. In 1996, he foundedÌýBeyt Tikkun synagogue in Berkeley, California, and in 1986, he foundedÌýTikkun magazine,Ìýa progressive Jewish interfaith magazine. In 2002,ÌýLernerÌýorganized a group called the Tikkun Community among readers of Tikkun magazine, which has since become the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
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Tikkun Magazine
TikkunÌýmagazine is a quarterly, interfaith, Jewish left-progressive magazine published in Berkeley, CA that analyzes American and Israeli culture, politics, religion, and history in the English language. The magazine was founded in 1986 by Michael Lerner and Nan Fink Gefen. The magazine's title comes from Hebrew concept tikkun olam emphasizing both humanity's and God's co-responsibility "to heal, repair and transform the world." Since 2012, its publisher has beenÌýDuke University Press and continues to be published digitally at Ìý
The Michael Lerner collection contains a nearly complete set ofÌýTikkun magazine from its inception through 2014, copies of Lerner'sÌýpublished books, and twoÌýTikkunÌýanthologies.
Gift of Michael Lerner in 2013 and Tikkun Operations in 2014.