Editing Michael Lerner (rabbi) (section)

== Beyt Tikkun Synagogue ==
'''Beyt Tikkun Synagogue''' is a [[Jewish Renewal]] congregation in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. It is a loosely organized, unconventional endeavor with a small physical base that is also described by its founder as a "synagogue-without-walls"<ref>{{cite news|last=Lerner|first=Michael|title=Occupy Rosh Hashanah|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-michael-lerner/occupy-rosh-hashanah_b_1883522.html|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=The Huffington Post}}</ref> that, since its founding, has served as a [[bully pulpit]] for Lerner.

===History===
Beyt Tikkun was founded in 1996 by Lerner and is loosely affiliated with his ''[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]]'' magazine.<ref name="JewishSF 1996-08-02">{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4169/edition_id/75/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Controversial editor : Tikkun's Lerner starts S.F. synagogue |first=Leslie |last=Katz |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |date=August 2, 1996 |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Lerner bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/bio |title=Biographical Notes on Rabbi Lerner |website=[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]] |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> It describes itself as a "[[Halakha|hallachic]] community bound by Jewish law".<ref name="Beyt Tikkun Founding Perspective">{{cite web |url=http://www.beyttikkun.org/fmd/files/FoundingPerspective.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20081002001335/http://beyttikkun.org/fmd/files/foundingperspective.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |title=Founding Perspective |publisher=Beyt Tikkun |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref>

Beyt Tikkun has no building of its own,<ref name="Beyt Tikkun FAQ">{{cite web |url=http://www.beyttikkun.org/index.php?topic=faq |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Beyt Tikkun |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> and the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' as well as ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it the "synagogue-without-walls in San Francisco and [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/INI9UP0S1.DTL |title=Primary Views: Rabbi Michael Lerner: Candidate: Barack Obama |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=February 3, 2008 |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6D71330F93BA25756C0A96E948260 |title=On West Coast, a Newly Vital Judaism |first=Perry |last=Garfinkel |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 18, 1988 |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref>

In 2010, Lerner, recovering from cancer, moved Beyt Tikkun closer to his Berkeley home: the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]], near the [[University of California, Berkeley|U.C. Berkeley]] campus.<ref>{{cite news|last=Godbe|first=Mike|title=Why Rabbi Lerner's Move of his Synagogue from San Francisco to Berkeley is Hard News|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2010-08-03/article/35993?headline=Why-Rabbi-Lerner-s-Move-of-his-Synagogue-from-San-Francisco-to-Berkeley-is-Hard-News--By-Mike-Godbe|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=The Berkeley Daily Planet}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anders|first=Corrie M|title=Beyt Tikkun Follows Lerner to Berkeley|url=http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2010/September/Beyt.htm|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=The Noe Valley Voice}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Palevsky|first=Stacey|title=Beyt Tikkun moves to Berkeley from San Francisco|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/58651/beyt-tikkun-moves-to-berkeley-from-san-francisco|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=J-Weekly.com}}</ref>

===Controversies===
Beyt Tikkun found itself in the middle of controversies in 2005 and 2007 when it invited anti-war activist [[Cindy Sheehan]] to speak during [[Yom Kippur]] services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/2021/ |title=Filling the Pews With High-wattage Guests |website=[[The Forward]] |date=October 7, 2005 |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27355/edition_id/523/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Anti-war activist speaks out at Beyt Tikkun |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |date=October 21, 2005 |access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref>

[[Code Pink]] activist Rae Abliea addressed the synagogue—against the [[Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip]]—on September 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://palestinedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/from-kissing-land-to-cast-lead.html |title=From kissing the land to Cast Lead destruction – a coming out journey. Rosh Hoshanah address to Beyt Tikkun synagogue |website=Palestine Daily |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>