2008年，普林斯顿一名名叫罗素·尼利（Russell Nieli）的哲学研究生在普林斯顿犹太生活中心（Princeton Center for Jewish Life）做了一次演讲，这次演讲广受好评，以至于他后来将内容扩展为刊登在美国杂志Tikkun上的一篇文章（该杂志创始人是勒纳拉比（Rabbi Michael Lerner ） ） 。
In 2008, a Princeton University graduate student in philosophy named Russell Nieli gave a talk at the Princeton Center for Jewish Life that was so well received that he later expanded it into an article for the US-based magazine Tikkun, founded by Rabbi Michael Lerner.