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Rabbi Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner is rabbi of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun synagogue and editor of Tikkun magazine, a bimonthly Jewish critique of politics, culture and society. He's also national co-chair of the interfaith organization, The Tikkun Community. Lerner founded the Institute for Labor and Mental Health and worked as a psychotherapist. He holds two Ph.D.'s, one in philosophy and one in clinical psychology. He is the author of several books, including The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right.


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Rabbi Michael Lerner

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Tavis: Tonight, we'll look at the role of morality in America with a distinguished panel of theological thinkers--a panel that includes the recently retired minister of the First AME Church here in Los Angeles, Reverend Cecil L. 'Chip' Murray; Rabbi Michael Lerner, founder and editor of 'Tikkun' magazine; Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the first female bishop in the history of the AME Church; and Dr. Richard Mouw, president of the Fuller Theological Seminary here in Southern California. We're glad you've joined us. Our look at morality in America begins right now.