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Michael Lerner (rabbi)

American activist and editor (1943–2024)

Michael Lerner

Lerner at Occupy Oakland, 2011

Born(1943-02-07)February 7, 1943

Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

DiedAugust 28, 2024(2024-08-28) (aged 81)

Berkeley, California, U.S.

Alma mater
Occupations
Employers
Spouses
  • Theirrie Cook (divorced)
  • Nan Fink (div. 1991)
  • Deborah Kohn-Lerner

    (m. 1998; div. 2014)​
  • Cat Zavis

    (m. 2015; sep. 2024)​
ChildrenAkiba Jeremiah Lerner

Michael Phillip Lerner (February 7, 1943[a] – August 28, 2024) was an American political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Berkeley.[6][7]

Biography

Early life and education

Michael Lerner was born in February 7, 1943,[a] and grew up in the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey.[8] In his yo

“Who am I?” At one level I’m a social entrepreneur. I’ve spent 50 years starting projects, discovering what they want to be, and finding people more able than I to take them over. At another level, I am a soul on the long journey home.

“Why am I here?” To do the Great Work. To play my small part among all friends of evolution.

“Where do I come from?” At one level, the answer is right below – where I was born, raised, and grew up. At another level, I’d say that I come from the Light and am on my way back to the Light. That’s also the answer to “where am I going?”

“To whom, or what, am I accountable?” I would say I am accountable to the great soul purpose for which I was put here. I see it now only through a glass darkly. Perhaps when my time comes I will know it face to face.

In short, I have become a mystic – for all my sins. My sins are many. I call myself a radically imperfect human being with a few useful skills. I am a religious man. My religion, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, is kindness.

Sometimes, when asked, I say I am a Jewish Christian Buddhis Yogic Suf

Michael Lerner (actor)

American actor (1941–2023)

Not to be confused with Michael Learned.

This article is about the actor. For other people named Michael Lerner, see Michael Lerner (disambiguation).

Michael Charles Lerner (June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jack Lipnick in Barton Fink (1991). Lerner also played Arnold Rothstein in Eight Men Out (1988), Phil Gillman in Amos & Andrew (1993), The Warden in No Escape (1994), Mel Horowitz on the television series Clueless, Jerry Miller in The Beautician and the Beast (1997), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich's Godzilla (1998), Mr. Greenway in Elf (2003), and Senator Brickman in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

Early life

Michael Charles Lerner was born on June 22, 1941,[1] in Brooklyn, New York City, of Romanian-Jewish descent, the second of three sons to Blanche and George Lerner; according to Lerner, his father "liked to think he was an antiques dealer, but in all actuality he was a ju

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