I have long had a pet peeve about the vulgar misuse and distortion of the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world) by assimilationist Jewish liberals in the United States and elsewhere.
Elements of American Jewry have fallen captive to what can only be described as Tikkun Olam Paganism. Tikkun Olam
Pagans are people who misrepresent Judaism as nothing more and nothing
less than the pursuit of the liberal social action political agenda, all
in the name of a suitably misrepresented Tikkun Olam. It is the banner
waved by the countless "social action" committees at synagogues across
America and in other liberal Jewish circles in support of
liberal-leftist causes, including some that are harmful to Jews and some
that are just plain wacky.
The Tikkun Olam Pagans` pseudo-religion consists of the following reductionist "theological" foundations:
1. Judaism in its entirety is essentially the advocacy and promotion of social justice.
2. Tikkun Olam means pursuit of peace, environmentalism and economic equality.
3. Justice, peace and equality are synonymous with this week`s PC liberal-leftist political fads.
Ipso facto, all of Judaism is reduced to the pursuit of being a nice
liberal. Now, as it turns out, each one of the propositions listed above
is totally false.
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