Rabbi Michael Lerner, who the Washington Post once called "the guru of the Clinton White House", will speak Thursday, February 16, at the Veteran's Hall in Santa Cruz at 8 PM, introducing ideas from his new book The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right. Tickets are $5-$20 donation, sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds.

Purchase tickets in advance from the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), 423-1626. Receive a free ticket when you purchase the book from RCNV or Bookshop Santa Cruz. Tickets and books will also be available at the door.

Rabbi Lerner is an internationally renowned social theorist, theologian, psychotherapist, and the editor of Tikkun magazine. Utne named him one of its 100 American Visionaries. He has two PhD’s, one in philosophy from UC Berkeley, and one in clinical psychology from the Wright Institute. He is also rabbi of Beyt Tikkun and founder of the interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives.

“Rabbi Lerner makes sense, finds meaning and sees hope in an America many feel is spiraling downward into destructive divisions. Passionate but never vindictive, he refuses to demonize anyone but patiently and eloquently projects a religiously based vision for all of us.” --Harvey Cox

“Michael Lerner is the most prophetic intellectual and spiritual leader of our generation. We ignore his wisdom at our peril!” --Cornell West

Sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives Santa Cruz Chapter, the Resource Center for Nonviolence, and Inner Light Ministries.