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Author: Jonathan Krasner

Jonathan Krasner is Visiting Associate Research Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. His book, The Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education (2011) was the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies.
The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life

The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life

November 1, 2014 | Jonathan Krasner
INTRODUCTION The symbolic moment when the now ubiquitous phrase “tikkun olam” entered the American Jewish mainstream probably took place during the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States in September 1987. A crisis in Vatican-Jewish relations was precipitated by the Pope’s meeting in June with President Kurt Waldheim of Austria, whose activities […]