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Tikkun Conference
David Heller (daveh@PANIX.COM)
Wed, 29 Dec 1993 17:12:58 -0500
I'm distributing the official from the Tikkun Office announcement about
their upcoming conference. If people will read the prologue they may see
soemthing of why this is important to all.
thanx for the indulgement.
dave
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Michael Burns
tikkun@panix.com
212-864-4110
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THE TIKKUN CONFERENCE
OF
LIBERAL AND
PROGRESSIVE JEWS
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New York City
January 16-17, 1994
Columbia University
& Congregation Ansche Chesed
The fragility of the peace process, disappointments with the degree to
which the Clinton Administration has been able to follow through on its
commitment to a politics of meaning, and a fundamental rethinking of
American politics and culture are some of the concerns that lead us to
convene a conference that is almost certain to be one of the most
interesting intellectual/cultural events in years. You don't have to be
Jewish to come to this conferenceQit will be a gathering of some of the
best minds in America. It's also an occasion for liberal and progressive
Jews to publicly insist that the conservatives who continue to dominate
the organized Jewish community do not speak for all JewsQand to publicly
reaffirm our commitment to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
And itUs more than just ideas. ItUs a perfect place to meet new people,
make new friendships, or renew old connections with people who remain
committed to tikkun (the Hebrew word for healing, repair, and
transformation of the world).
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SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS:
Cornel West , Allen Ginsberg , Todd Gitlin, Letty Cottin PogrebinMichael
Lerner , Tom Hayden , Judy Chicago , Anne Roiphe Art Spiegelman , Grace
Paley , Tsvi Blanchard , Michael Paley , Susannah Heschel , Robert Jay
Lifton , Rebecca Goldstein, Zalman Schachter, Nessa Rapoport, Leslie
Epstein , Marshall Berman , Francine Prose Danny Goldberg , Wendy Orange ,
Melvin Bukiet, Peter Gabel Michael Kazin , Charles Derber , Rachel Adler ,
Nan Fink Victor Perera , Ruth Messinger , Irena Klepfisz , Richard J.
Fein, Mark Shechner , Michael Strassfeld , Itche Goldberg , Rolando
Matalon, Jeffrey Dekro, Susan Yankowitz, Balfour Brickner, Aviva Kantor ,
Marcia Praeger , Mary Edsall, Rodger Kamenetz , Morris Dickstein, Joann
Landy, Kristin Luker, Jerry Karabel, Stephen Walker, Lynn Chancer, Eric
Alterman, Sharon Kleinbaum, Michael Dyson, Musical Performance by The
Krakauer Trio (klezmer) and Atzilut (Middle Eastern musical ensemble)
Dramatic Performance by Tovah Feldshuh
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MEET PEOPLE WHO SHARE YOUR INTERESTS
AND RENEW OLD FRIENDSHIPS
A Gathering of the Generations: Twentysomethings, baby-boomers, and
activists from the 1940s and U50s--those who have not given up on social
change but who reject the simplistic and knee-jerk formulations that have
led the Left into isolation and powerlessness.
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TO REGISTER:
Pre-registration untill Jan.12, 1994: Incomes under $15,000 yr: $45;
$15-30,000:$80; $30-60,000: $115; over $60,000: $150. Add 25% to these
prices after Jan.12. Register soon: Send registration check or credit card
information to: Tikkun, 251 W. 100, New York, N.Y. 10025; 212-864-4110.
<tikkun@panix.com>
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CURRENT SCHEDULE (AS OF DEC., 24th, 1993)
Sunday Jan. 16th
8:00 am Late Registration (costs 25% more than listed prices)
8:30 Opening Session Ruth Messinger
Morning Plenary: Israel and the Palestinians: building on the spirit of
mutual recognition without denying the reality of current tensions
Simultaneous Workshops:
(sign-ups in advance)
----->Israel & the Palestinians
-----> Psychodynamics of Jewish Relationships
----->Feminist Theology of Sexuality
----->Poetry & Jewish Identity
----->Thinking about Money as Jews
----->Holocaust Literature
----->Bosnia: Strategies for Stopping Genocide
----->Progressive Politics: Strategies for 1994
----->The Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel
12:30 Box Lunch with Judy Chicago: Holocaust Project
1:30 Musical presentation: RGuarding the GardenS
Afternoon Plenary I: American Politics
and the Politics of Meaning
Workshops:
----->Politics of Meaning
----->Judaism and Homosexuality
----->Twentysomethings: Challenging the established definitions of our
generation
----->Directions for Domestic Policy
----->Yiddish Writers and Writing
----->Sadomasochism & Nationalism
----->Jewish Renewal
----->The Marketization of Relationships: why families, friendships and
relationships are hard to sustain
Afternoon Plenary II: The State of Contemporary Progressive Politics and
Culture: Michael Lerner and Cornel West
5:45 Renewing Jewish Theology Rachel Adler
6:00 Dinnertir music)
8:00 Zalman Schachter JudaismUs Challenge to Progressive Culture
8:30: Tovah Feldshuh RGrandma EtaS
8:45 Awards for their contribution to progressive thought and culture
----->Allen Ginsberg
----->Art Spiegelman
----->Letty Cottin Po
Tom Hayden, Todd Gitlin, Joann Landy, Marshall Berman, and more
Workshops:
----->Making Sense of Jewishness in the 90s
----->Political Correctness
----->Jewish Texts
----->Conversion, Intermarrieds and the Children of Int Playwriting
12:30 Lunch break
1:30 Afternoon Plenary: Jewish Identity in a Multicultural World
Workshops:
----->Blacks and Jews
----->Jewish Immigrant Experience
----->"I got turned off to Judaism as on ethics and politics
----->Writing for Tikkun
----->Sexuality and Meaning
----->Work and Meaning
6:00 Gala Finale Concert. AtzilutQan eight piece Middle Eastern Jewish
ensemble will perform a spectacular finale!
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