The term tikkun olam is a concept in Judaism that is generally translated as “healing the world.” It has had multiple interpretations over the past 2,000 years. In modern ideology and conversations within Judaism, tikkun olam indicates attempts to alleviate human suffering and avoid global catastrophes and thus encompasses multiple causes, including social justice, human rights, environmentalism, combating antisemitism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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