1. TIKKUN
2342 Shattuck Ave. #1200, Berkeley, CA 94704 Phone: (510)-644-1200 Fax: (510)-644-1255 Email: magazine@tikkun.org Web:
www.tikkun.org
A QUARTERLY JEWISH & INTERFAITH CRITIQUE OF POLITICS, CULTURE, & SOCIETY
Editor: Michael Lerner
Editor at Large: Peter Gabel Managing
Editor: Alana Yu-lan Price Poetry
Editor: Joshua Weiner
Assistant Poetry Editor: Lindsay Bernal
Fiction Editor: Joshua Bernstein
Web Design: Craig Wiesner and Derrick Kikuchi
Fulfillment: Leila Shooshani
Publisher: Duke University Press
Contributing Editors Gil
Anidjar
Bradley Shavit Artson
David Biale
Paul Buhle
Aryeh Cohen
Arnold Eisen
Harriet Fraad
Jill Goldberg
Josh Healey
Deborah Kory
Akiba Lerner
Mark LeVine
Ana Levy-Lyons
Shaul Magid
Ruth Messinger
Or Rose
David Sterritt
Aaron Hahn Tapper
Phil Wolfson
Cat Zavis
Stephen Zunes
Editorial Board
Rachel Adler
Gar Alperovitz
Michael Berenbaum
Chet Bowers
Paul Buhle
Abby Caplin
Dan Cohn-Sherbok Josephine
Donovan
Elliot Dorff
Terry Eagleton
Duane Elgin
Sidra Ezrahi
John Felstiner
Margaret Flowers
Saul Friedlander
Nan Fink Gefen
Laura Geller
Ann Gleig
John P. Geyman
David Gordis
Jonathan Granoff
Arthur Green
Colin Greer
Mary Grey
Jamey Hecht
Burt Jacobson
David Kim
Reuven Kimelman
Richard La Brecque
Daniel Matt
Bob McChesney
Balmurli Natrajan
Elliot Neaman
David Newman
Greg Palast
Alan Michael Parker
David Pinault
Robert Pinsky
Judith Plaskow
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Douglas Rushkoff
Aviezer Ravitsky Wade
Clark Roof
Michael Sandel
David Saperstein
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Richard Schwartz
Chaim Seidler-Feller
Gerald Serotta
Rami Shapiro
Stanley Sheinbaum
Uri Simon
Starhawk
Arthur Waskow
John Welwood
Extern Evaluation for Kelly Gomez
Please scale your experience with your extern using the following guideline:
1 (needs to develop these skills) 2 (developing these skills) 3 (possesses basic skills) 4
(demonstrates strong skills) 5 (demonstrates excellent skills)
Punctuality (student made contact in advance of arrival; showed up on time each day): 5
Comments: Kelly was very punctual and professional about showing up for the externship.
Work ethic (student demonstrated initiative; completed tasks on time; showed interest in
the work.): 5
Comments: Kelly worked very diligently on all the projects that she was assigned throughout
the externship, and demonstrated great enthusiasm and interest in all the aspects of the
magazine.
Workplace culture (student respected coworkers and adapted to workplace norms): 4
Comments: Kelly was very respectful and friendly to all of her coworkers.
Presented as young professional should? (student acted in a professional way at the
office): 3
Comments: This is the realm in which Kelly has the most room to grow. At the beginning of
the externship she seemed very quiet and timid, sometimes speaking unusually quietly out of a
desire not to disrupt others at the office. We have confidence that as she continues to gain more
experience in workplace settings she will develop the confidence to take up space and speak
assertively within an office setting.
General Comments from Tikkun's Managing Editor: Kelly approached her work at Tikkun
with a great deal of care and seriousness. I was particularly impressed with the great care with
which she approached the process of proofing the laid-out version of the Spring 2015 issue of
the magazine. In her reviews of unsolicited submissions, she offered very clear-eyed and
helpful summaries of the pros and cons of various submissions, as well as helpful advice about
how certain articles could be improved through editorial intervention. When asked to help
brainstorm possible themes for the magazine to cover, she readily came up with interesting
ideas such as the topic of organic agriculture and sustainable food production, and the topic of
the dynamics of intercultural communication. It is clear that she is very smart and dedicated,
and we enjoyed working with her. It seems like she has a bright path ahead of her, whatever
career she chooses.
General Comments from Tikkun's Audience Development and Operations Manager: The
operations side of Tikkun requires the ability to juggle many different sorts of tasks within a
given day and Kelly was always ready to help with any new project I gave her. During this
week, her tasks ranged from assisting with mass mailings, researching potential web

2. advertisers, conducting
membership outreach
etc. On the first day,
Kelly was eager to help
with data entry, a task
the requires a nuanced
attention to detail. She
patiently learned the
different process we
have subscription
management and
worked diligently on the
task she set forth. I think
that over time Kelly will
grow more comfortable
in a work place
environment. Overall, I
really appreciated
Kelly’s positive attitude
regarding her work. She
was a pleasure to
collaborate with these
past two weeks.