This is the Forward’s coverage of tikkun olam, the Jewish concept of repairing the world.
Tikkun Olam
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News For kosher families in need, a new community fridge offers food — and anonymity
‘Hersh’s Fridge’ stepped up to feed kosher households when SNAP benefits froze
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BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
Bintel says you can’t fix this broken world alone, but you can find joy in small things
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Opinion After 600 days of war, is it time to retire the phrase ‘tikkun olam’?
As Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan observes, perhaps we can't repair the world — but maybe we can give it a little more air
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Forward Newsletters Soup may be the perfect food. Try leaving some on a neighbor’s stoop.
Sauté an onion, season aggressively and you can't go wrong.
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Music Peter Yarrow sang the soundtrack to my Jewish childhood
He never led with his Jewishness, but consistently invoked the mandate of 'tikkun olam'
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Politics This election, the Jewish commitment to human rights is on the ballot
GOP policies are a threat to women and LGBTQ communities worldwide
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Culture What losing Tikkun means to me — and to the rest of the Jewish world
Founded in 1986, the magazine set itself an unachievable goal — to repair the world
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Books How Ayn Rand, Emerson and Thoreau perverted the American Dream
In 'Bootstrapped,' Alissa Quart takes aim at our myths and our solipsism
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Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
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Yiddish אוידיאָ: וואָס באַטײַט דער סידני־אַטאַק פֿאַר די ייִדן אין אויסטראַליע?AUDIO: What does the Sydney attack mean for Jews in Australia?
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