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Have you ever felt that somehow you personally were responsible for repairing this crazy world we live it. That this world where kids are murdered in their school, where Nazis march around chanting hateful slogans, in this world where millions of refugees are refused help when they flee for their lives and the lives of their families, where armed representatives of the state are free to murder people of color whenever it pops into their mind to do that? What is your/my responsibility in those situations?
Today I talk with my good friend, Diane Steinman who is one of the most committed workers for justice in our city of New York. Most of her always-energetic activism is focused on immigration issues, but she’s always there. It’s just who she is.
As a Jew, she grew up with the idea of Tikkun Olam, or “Repair the World.” It’s part of her religion to see the repair of the world to be a basic responsibility of life. Maybe we Christians could learn a little from that. Do you think?
I work with Diane in the Micah Institute, here in New York, where she heads two committees. She is also the director of the New York State Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform, and an activist in the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York.
Diane and I talked about what it means to commit to a life of struggling for justice, and how it fits into her religious view of life.
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The Micah Institute recently presented the “Spirit of the City” address, to compliment the mayor’s State of the City – www.MicahSpirit.weebly.com
A very active and effective group doing work to support imigrants in NYCA is – www.NewSancturaryNYC.org
A really great Jewish magazine, Tikkun, publishes articles by Jews, Christians, Muslims and Buddhists that offer insight into the repair work that we need to do in these times. – www.tikkun.org
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