50 Tikkun Olam Jews of 2024/25

Embracing the Jewish imperative of repairing the world

This is the first annual Jewish Association of Spirituality and Dreams (JASD) list of Tikkun Olam Jews.

Our imperative, as Jews, is the meta-mitzvah (good deed) of Tikkun—repairing the world. By performing mitzvot, acts of loving kindness, we heal and transform. 

We recognize these 50 truth-tellers, activists, academics/public policymakers, legalists, artists, healers, and politicians who strive to bring truth, justice, and peace to our tumultuous world.

Media

photo: Rome, Italy premiere

SAM EILERTSEN, ERIN AXELMAN

filmmakers
photo: Jewish Currents, file

ARIELLE ANGEL

magazine editor-in-chief
photo: Killing Gaza, creator page

MAX BLUMENTHAL

editor, reporter
photo: Redacted Tonight NP

LEE CAMP

political comedian, commentator
photo: CC BY 2.0

JULIE COHEN

filmmaker
photo: CC BY 2.0

JONATHAN GLAZER

film director, screenwriter
photo: staff photo, Electric Intifada

NORA BARROWS FRIEDMAN

journalist, editor, author
photo: stream, Moment of Clarity NP

ELEANOR GOLDFIELD

journalist, filmmaker, activist
photo: CC BY-SA 4.0

AMY GOODMAN

journalist, news program host
photo: CC BY 3.0

GLEEN GREENWALD

journalist, author, lawyer
photo: CC 2.0

KATIE HALPER

political commentator
photo: CC BY-SA 4.0

NAOMI KLEIN

journalist, author, activist
photo: CC BY-SA 3.0

GIDEON LEVY

journalist, author, commentator
photo: by Alison Martin NP

ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN

investigative journalist; author
photo: CC BY 3.0

AARON MATE

journalist
photo: Mizrahi Perspective

ALON MIZRAHI

political commentator
photo: staff portrait

ROBERT SCHEER

publisher, journalist; author 
photo: portrait, Tikkun Olam

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN

publisher, reporter
photo: social media profile

Jasper Nathaniel

journalist

Activism

CC BY-SA 3.0

MEDEA BENJAMIN

political activist
photo: LinkedIn profile NP

EVA BORGWARDT

political activist-organizer
photo: haimbresheeth.com

HAIM BRESHEETH

historian-peace activist
photo: JVP news NP

STEPHANIE FOX

political activist
LI PROFILE NP

LILY GREENBERG CALL

policy analyst
photo: dawnmena.org

HARRISON MANN

photo: by Itamar Greenberg

ISRAELI REFUSENIKS

Israelis refusing to enlist
CC BY 2.0

NORMAN SOLOMON

anti-war, media activist
photo: Julianne Yoon/Michigan Daily - Used with permission.

STUDENT-CAMPUS PROTESTORS

encampments, boycots, teach-ins
photo:alissawise.org NP

ALISSA WISE

rabbi, activist-organizer

Academics/Public Policy

photo: Courtesy of FMEP

LARA FRIEDMAN

foreign policy expert
photo: GFDL 1.2

PHYLLIS BENNIS

foreign policy analyst
photo: NP Sam Reed?

MAURA FINKELSTEIN

ethnographer, author
photo: CC BY-SA 3.0

NORMAN FINKELSTEIN

political scientist
photo: CC BY SA 4.0

JEFFREY SACHS

economist
photo: CC BY SA 4.0

ILAN PAPPE

historian, author
photo: X profile

ORI GOLDBERG

Middle East specialist
photo: CC BY SA 4.0

AVI SHLAIM

historian, author
photo: ME Project

DANIEL LEVY

political scientist
photo: Stockton edu/profile

RAZ SEGAL

historian

Health

photo: Common Dreams bio

MARK PERLMUTTER

surgeon
courtesy of Alice Rothchild

ALICE ROTHCHILD

human rights activist
photo: CC BY-SA 3.0

GABOR MATE

trauma healer

Legal

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THEODOR MERON

advisor to ICC

Politics

photo: Wikimedia Commons

ANDY LEVIN

former member of Congress
need cite - drape and book back

CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM

president, Mexico
CC BY SA 2.0

GEOFFREY YOUNG

congressional candidate
CC BY SA 3.0

JILL STEIN

Green Party presidential candidate
NC

Becca Balint

Arts/Culture

Biennle

NAN GOLDIN

photographer, artist

JASD

The Jewish Association of Spirituality and Dreams Ltd (JASD) embraces dream wisdom as a fundamental pillar of Jewish spirituality and dream awareness as a spiritual practice for all. JASD envisions a global community of dreamers focused on tikkun atzmi and tikkun olam, healing ourselves and repairing the world.

We invite all to join in this global pursuit.