Preoccupied

Published: Nov. 7, 2011, 11 a.m.

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It\\u2019s been nearly two months since the Occupy Wall Street protesters unrolled their first tarps in Lower Manhattan\\u2019s Zuccotti Park. What was once merely a blip on a few Twitter feeds is now a world-wide phenomenon, with occupations in more than a thousand cities and towns in 80-odd countries. But in the absence of any leadership or specific set of demands, it\\u2019s hard to say what this movement is, who it represents, and where it\\u2019s headed. Even those who agree with its basic message\\u2013that the income gap between the rich and the rest in this country is immoral and unsustainable\\u2013disagree about Occupy Wall Street\\u2019s potential to bring about meaningful change.

At their respective pulpits, physical and virtual, Andy Bachman, senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Marc Tracy, Tablet Magazine\\u2019s Scroll blogger, have had a lot to say about the movement since its inception. This week on Vox...


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