“Prologue/Epilogue (Your Choice)” by Caroline Rothstein
Tikkun olam is a Jewish concept that has—in modern times, by many Jews worldwide—become a rallying call to action in and for our collective efforts to repair (tikkun) the world (olam). I ask myself: What exactly is the repair? How can I best support collective efforts to repair the world? And how might I repair the harm I have myself caused in being white, in benefitting from white privilege, in enabling white supremacy? What might it look like for me—for anyone—to heal, repent, and transform? As part of a lineage that has built an annual atonement (Yom Kippur) into the genetics of our traditional and historical body of ritual and prayer, what might it look like for me—a white American...
