Editing Michael Lerner (rabbi) (section)

===Early life and education===
Michael Lerner was born in February 7, 1943,{{efn|name = DoB}} and grew up in the [[Weequahic, Newark|Weequahic]] section of [[Newark, New Jersey]].<ref name="Lerner p258">Lerner, Michael. ''The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism''. 1997, page 258-9</ref> In his youth, he attended [[Far Brook School|Far Brook Country Day School]], a private school that he characterized as having "a rich commitment to interdenominational Christianity".<ref name="Lerner p258" /> While he has written that he appreciated "the immense beauty and wisdom of the Christianity to which [he] was being exposed", he also felt religiously isolated, as the child of passionate [[Zionists]] who attended [[Hebrew]] school three times a week, while at the same time being heavily exposed to Christian-oriented cultural activities in school.<ref name="Lerner p258" /> At his own request, in the 7th grade he switched to a public school in the Weequahic neighborhood of Newark, where his peers were, in his estimation, 80% Jewish.<ref name="Lerner p258" /> He graduated from [[Weequahic High School]] in 1960.<ref>[http://weequahicalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Distinguished-Weequahic-Alumni-Revised-01-12-18.pdf "Distinguished Weequahic Alumni"], Weequahic High School Alumni Association. Accessed December 19, 2019. "Michael Lerner (1960) a rabbi and ''Tikkun'' magazine publisher and author."</ref> Lerner received a BA degree from [[Columbia University]]. In 1972 he earned a PhD in philosophy from [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In 1977 he received a PhD in Clinical/Social Psychology from the [[Wright Institute]] in Berkeley.<ref name = Nossiter/>