Tikkun (magazine)

This article is about the Jewish left-progressive magazine. For the French philosophical journal, see Tiqqun.

Tikkun
January/February 2007 issue
EditorMichael Lerner
Frequencyquarterly
Circulation18,000[1]
PublisherDuke University Press
Founded 1986 (1986-month)
Final issueMay 2024
CountryUnited States
Based inBerkeley, California
Websitewww.tikkun.org
ISSN0887-9982

Tikkun was a quarterly progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine and website published in the United States that analyzed American and Israeli culture, politics, religion, and history in the English language. The magazine consistently published the work of Israeli and Palestinian left-wing intellectuals, but also included book and music reviews, personal essays, and poetry.

In 2006 and 2011, the magazine was awarded the Independent Press Award for Best Spiritual Coverage by Utne Reader[2][3] for its analysis of the inability of many progressives to understand people's yearning for faith and the American fundamentalists' political influence on the international conflict among religious zealots.

The magazine was founded in 1986[4][5] by Michael Lerner and his then-wife, Nan Fink Gefen. From 2012 onward, its publisher was Duke University Press. Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, with Michael Lerner as its rabbi, was loosely affiliated with Tikkun magazine. It described itself as a "hallachic community bound by Jewish law".[6]

In April 2024, the magazine announced it was ceasing publication due to a lack of funding and the poor health of Lerner (who could not find a successor).[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Jonathan Mark (March 14, 2011). "A Liberal Lion In Autumn". Jewish Week. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Spiritual Coverage: Tikkun". Utne Reader. January–February 2007. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2016. In November, Rabbi Michael Lerner's erudite rejoinder to the religious right released Tikkun Reader: Twentieth Anniversary (Rowman & Littlefield) to showcase memorable essays from the bimonthly magazine's all-star cast of contributors
  3. ^ "Winners of the 2011 Utne Independent Press Awards". Utne Reader. April 12, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2016. Illuminated by the Jewish faith but accessible to all, Tikkun aims to 'mend, repair and transform the world'
  4. ^ Joseph Berger (December 21, 1986). "New Liberal Jewish Magazine Aims Fire at Commentary and Stirs Internal Protests". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Steve Black (2009). "Life spans of Library Journal's "Best Magazines of the Year"". Serials Review. 35 (4): 213–217. doi:10.1080/00987913.2009.10765248. S2CID 60969160.
  6. ^ "Founding Perspective" (PDF). Beyt Tikkun. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
  7. ^ Lerner, Michael (April 11, 2024). "Tikkun is Closing". Tikkun. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Esensten, Andrew (April 10, 2024). "Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Green Kaiser, Jo Ellen (April 15, 2024). "What losing Tikkun means to me — and to the rest of the Jewish world". The Forward. Retrieved July 26, 2024.