E-mail a friendFebruary 22, 2006
Rabbi Michael Lerner says there needs to be a new bottom line in America. Activist and author Karenna Gore Schiff discusses how the media can distort situations.
Rabbi Michael Lerner
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.
Karenna Gore Schiff
Karenna Gore Schiff
Journalist, lawyer and eldest daughter of Al & Tipper Gore, Karenna Gore Schiff is making a difference - her way. She's an activist who directs community affairs for the Association to Benefit Children, a nonprofit advocacy organization. She's also written her first book, Lighting the Way, which profiles nine unheralded women who had an impact on 20th-century America. Schiff is a grad of Harvard and Columbia Law School, has lived abroad and written articles for several publications, including Newsweek.