Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


Christmas/Hanukkah Are About Strength Through Generosity, Not Dominance

December 24, 2019

It’s more than the similar time of year. According to guest Rabbi Michael Lerner, of Tikkun Magazine and chair of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, both holidays mark times in which people without power successfully took on the powers of tyranny and economic injustice. He argues that America is a spiritually underdeveloped country and that we remain “addicted to domination consciousness:” fear of The Other. He argues the real spirit of the holidays can be found in resistance movements. Listen in!