February Adult Ed Beit Midrash

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Rabbi Maurice Harris argues that liberal Jewish communities have the full right to use tikkun olam as an umbrella term, despite opposition voiced by conservative critics. The spiritual significance of the term is not undervalued by the use of it.

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