Beyt Tikkun Synagogue

The Beyt Tikkun Synagogue is a Jewish Renewal congregation in the San Francisco area that was founded in 1996 by Rabbi Michael Lerner and is loosely affiliated with Lerner's Tikkun magazine. [1][2] It describes itself as a "hallachic community bound by Jewish law".[3]

Beyt Tikkun found itself in the middle of controversies in 2005 and 2007 when it invited anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to speak during Yom Kippur services.[4][5][6][7]

Beyt Tikkun has no building of its own[8] and the San Francisco Chronicle as well as The New York Times called it the "synagogue-without-walls in San Francisco and Berkeley". [9] [10]

References

  1. ^ Katz, Leslie (August 2, 1996). "Controversial editor : Tikkun's Lerner starts S.F. synagogue". j.. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4169/edition_id/75/format/html/displaystory.html. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  2. ^ "Biographical Notes on Rabbi Lerner". Tikkun. http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/bio. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  3. ^ "Founding Perspective". Beyt Tikkun. http://www.beyttikkun.org/fmd/files/FoundingPerspective.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  4. ^ "Filling the Pews With High-wattage Guests". The Forward. October 7, 2005. http://www.forward.com/articles/2021/. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  5. ^ Lerner, Michael (October 17, 2005). "What Cindy Sheehan Said on Yom Kippur at Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in S.F.". OpEdNews.com. http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rabbi_mi_051017_what_cindy_sheehan_s.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  6. ^ "Anti-war activist speaks out at Beyt Tikkun". j.. October 21, 2005. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27355/edition_id/523/format/html/displaystory.html. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  7. ^ Sheehan, Cindy (22 September 2007). "Cindy Sheehan's Yom Kippur Talk at Rabbi Michael Lerner's Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in S.F.". Scoop. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00457.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  8. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Beyt Tikkun. http://www.beyttikkun.org/index.php?topic=faq. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  9. ^ "Primary Views: Rabbi Michael Lerner: Candidate: Barack Obama". San Francisco Chronicle. February 3, 2008. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/INI9UP0S1.DTL. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  10. ^ Garfinkel, Perry (May 18, 1988). "On West Coast, a Newly Vital Judaism". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6D71330F93BA25756C0A96E948260. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 

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