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The title of the magazine comes from mystical Hebrew concept tikkun olam (; " healing or restoring the world ") which suggests humanity's shared responsibility ( with the Creator ) " to heal, repair and transform the world.

" Tikkun Magazine was first published in the fall of 1986.

According to the cover of each issue, Tikkun is a " Critique of politics, culture and society ".

Nan Fink Gefen, Michael Lerner and Peter Gabel were primary architects of the magazine.

According to the founding editorial statement, political concerns of the 1960s civil rights, anti-war and feminist movements and psychological studies of workers in the 1970s and 1980s were their most direct influences.

Additionally, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's legacy of " prophetic " Jewish activism has been honored and analyzed from the first issue onward.

Non-Jews also made key contributions to the intellectual framework of the magazine.

These include the late historian Christopher Lasch, an original contributing editor, Harvey Cox of Harvard Divinity School and philosopher Cornel West.

Although clearly on the Left, Tikkun used a " Current Debate " format as one way to encourage open discussion of ideas and move beyond some of the stifling tendencies of political enclaves.