We have definitely not been conducting ~business as usual~ the last two months as we focus our time and energy on amplifying Palestinian voices and doing what we can from here to fight for a liberated Palestine. We are back in the midst of this hiatus to bring you a joint episode with The Jewish Diasporist podcast! We talk about how The Jewish Diasporist podcast started and what it means to identify as a "diasporist," a bit about the founders personal backgrounds, and how they conceive of the connection between anti-zionism and diasporism. Stay tuned for future collaboration with them, and as usual, free Palestine, by any means necessary. Some things of note: -The photo for this episode is of Ben in front of his great great grandfathers home in Poland. He was able to track down the exact home with the help of Zach. -DONATE to help Tzion Kaukira provide copies of the torah in Luganda in the 12 synagogues across Uganda. Listen to their episode with Tzion here! -Zach, one of the founders of The Jewish Diasporist, is from Poland and is eager to help other folks with lineage there discover family history. If you want to take him up on this, feel free to reach out to him by emailing contact@jewishdiasporist.com -Jordan talks more about the ecology of love on this episode of The Jewish Diasporist -Zach wrote this piece for Forward about the Polish parliament Hanukkah incident, we encourage folks to give it a read if they don't know about the incident
It feels weird to be posting about a new podcast episode while genocide rages on, but we offer this episode on Cheshvan as a reflection on what is happening in the world and a space for Jewish ritual that feels so necessary in order to bolster us as we continue fighting against ethnic cleansing. If this resonates with you and you want this right now, feel free to listen. If it doesn’t, leave it here, and keep amplifying Palestinian voices, keep protesting, keep calling / emailing / mailing letters to your representatives demanding a ceasefire and no more aid sent to Israel, keep struggling for Palestinian liberation. For additional information, head to our instagram From the river to the sea 🇵🇸 Thank you to Nate for our podcast music, and Jessie for editing the pod!
Join us as we talk all things Sukkot and art and agriculture and Judaism with Sol Weiss (they/them)! During this episode, we talk about the idea of sukkah’s as vision forts, what it means to be in healing relationship with the land, collective composting, and so so much more. Some links to things that we discuss in this session are: 🌱 The COVID Grief Network (now, Reimagine) 🌱 Being with Grief workbook that Sol illustrated, which is for sale now! (Being with Grief: a Book of Doodles & Prompts: a creative workbook for young adults (and beyond) who’ve experienced significant loss. Part coloring book, part journal, and part ritual guide, this workbook offers 67 pages of low-stakes, self-directed ways to engage with loss on your own terms. Written by Noach Cochran, Katherine Evering-Rowe and Chloe Zelkha, illustrated by Sol.) 🌱 Jewish Agricultural Calendar by the Jewish Farmer Network, illustrated by Sol, available for purchase now as well 🌱 The book Nature and the Human Soul by Bill Plotkins 🌱 Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz and radical diasporism 🌱 Linke Fligl 🌱 Tzedek Lab, where Sol is the Director of Communications & Resource Sharing 🌱 The Sacred Orchard poster and series, created with Dori Midnight (Sacred Orchard: an 18"x24" poster made in collaboration with Dori Midnight exploring seven trees in Jewish magic, myth and medicine. Part of a series that includes a smaller poster on Jewish amulet craft and protection plants, and a Jewish plant magic postcard set.) 🌱 Ushpizin(e): Sukkot edition of Ki Li Ha'aretz, Linke Fligl's zine on reparations and homecoming in Jewish diaspora. (available for download at https://linkefligl.com/zine and in hard copy at https://www.pushcartjudaica.com/shop-old/p/ushpizine-sukkot-zine-ritual-guide) More about Sol: “Sol has served their communities as a visual artist, ritualist and educator for over a decade, using cultural organizing to explore how land, kinship and Jewish tradition can support us in overcoming oppression, healing from colonization and building new worlds. From 2017-2021, they were Co-Director at Linke Fligl queer Jewish chicken farm, where they cultivated wild queer community, held earth-based ritual space and co-facilitated programs for anti-colonial Jewish land connection. They have been on the strategy team for the JVP Havurah Network, a co-founder and ritual leader of Nishmat Shoom, and Director of Operational Change at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. When they’re not in the print shop, the kitchen or the garden, Sol is working with Tzedek Lab as Director of Communications and Resource Sharing to support a growing network of visionaries and changemakers moving the Jewish world towards justice for all.” As always, shout out to Jessie for editing the pod and Nate for our podcast music!
g'mar chatima tova to all you lovely listeners! 🕊️ We hope that this episode can be a helpful guide to your Yom Kippur observance, as we break down what Yom Kippur is and talk about… ❤️🔥 the idea of Yom Kippur being a dress rehearsal for our death ❤️🔥 our feelings on fasting ❤️🔥 how the Unetanneh Tokef represents the power of oral tradition ❤️🔥 Kol Nidre honoring a history of forced conversions, and much much more. However you choose to observe, we hope it’s meaningful 🕯️ Join us next time for a Sukkot episode with Sol Weiss (they/them) 🥳 As always, shoutout to Nate for our podcast music and to Jessie for editing the pod!
This episode we talk all about the month of Tishrei with Rebekah Erev (they/them) 🪐 Rebekah is the co-creator of the Dreaming The World To Come planner and podcast and of the Queer Mikveh Project! They bring us all of the wisdom and nourishment we could ask for leading into Tishrei. For more of their work, visit https://rebekaherevstudio.com/ We talk about… 🕯️ embracing all the tiny moments of joy and love 🕯️what it really means to dream the world to come 🕯️how time is just a spiral and we are constantly starting over 🕯️ letting ourselves belong Check out the Al Nes (for the miracle we enlivened) - the supplement to the Al Chet they mention in this episode. They also mention the JVP Havurah Network, and talk about the Cheshvan episode of Dreaming The World to Come with Yishaq Ofori Solomon. *** If you’re interested in setting up a somatic coaching session with Rebekah, please email them at rebekah@rebekaherevstudio.com to set up a consult! *** For more about Tishrei, check out our Tishrei post on instagram Join us next time for our first episode just us in ages, as we talk about Yom Kippur 🕊️ #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries #RoshChodesh #Tishrei #NewYear #SweetNewYear #NewMoon #Virgo #Libra #JournalPrompts #Judaism #JewishSpirituality #JewishRitual #NewMoonRitual #RoshChodeshCircle
Welcome back, Mensches! Join us for a conversation with Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegal, co-authors of Ashkenazi Herbalism and new book Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and Their Neighbors in Eastern Europe. We discuss how Deatra and Adam began doing this work, the main differences between Woven Roots and Ashkenazi Herbalism, communal care in the Pale, the process of recovering traditions, plant medicine, and so much more. You can buy both of their books on Jewitches.com. Some of the things they mention during this episode are…Yizkor books Memoirs of a Grandmother Our episode with Julie WeitzRokhl KafrissenMax Dashu and the Suppressed Histories Archives[This episode was recorded in July 2025.]Big thanks to Adam and Deatra for being on the pod, Emily from North Atlantic Books, Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, you can do so here.
Join us for this expansive conversation with Veronica Stewart-Frommer, lead singer of the band Melt, and anti-nuclear weapons activist ❤️🔥 We talk all about what it means to feel "Jewish enough" and how we can end up using our Jewish identities, or proximity to Judaism, as a shield of sorts when talking about Palestinian liberation and how we can move away from that. We talk all about Veronica's activism around nuclear disarmament and how their identities effortlessly find their way into their art. We also discuss the power of mourning together - especially on the large-scale with folks who engage with their music. There is so much juicy goodness in this episode, we can't wait for you to listen! 🫐 Get tickets to Melt's fall tour and listen to their newest song “Walk to Midnight” 🎶 We will be back in a few weeks with an episode for Rosh Chodesh Tishrei 👀 Thank you to Nate for our podcast music and Jessie for being the podcast editor extraordinaire 🙏 #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us as we talk to Micah Bazant (they/them) a visual artist and cultural strategist who works with social justice movements to reimagine the world. We talk to Micah about some of their zines, TimTum and Miklat Miklat, the connections between abolition and Judaism, the importance of being explicitly anti-zionist, healing from generational trauma, and what dreams we all have of the world to come. For more of Micah's work, check out their website! Here is the link for the talk Micah mentioned, about Anti-racism in Creative Practice, and for the Creative Wildfire Project. We deeply encourage listeners to support Ashley Diamond. Next week, we will be talking to Veronica (they/she/any pronouns). Veronica is an artist, writer, and anti-nuclear weapons activist! As usual, thank you to Nate for our podcast music and to Jessie for editing the pod! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
On this episode, we talk with Anna Rajagopal about being Houston’s biggest fan and the significance of our geographic homes, about loving and losing - especially in relation to Queer community, and the power of art and joy as resistance. We discuss Anna’s pieces about their friend and community member Audrey, those can be found HERE and HERE. We also talk about their poem Alona Naomi, which can be found HERE. Anna asked us to highlight the Instagram art page Art Auction for Palestine and talks about For the People, the queer/BIPOC Houston show management page. They have a show coming up in October if you are Houston based! They recently had their writing featured as an art piece at the Everything Is Special Art Show by Hotel Chlorine. If you want to read more of their published writing, you can find it here. Join us next week as we talk to Micah Bazant (they/them), a visual artist and cultural strategist who works with social justice movements to reimagine the world. As usual, shoutout to Nate for our podcast music and shoutout to Jessie for editing the podcast! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us for a beautiful conversation with Astera (she/they) about diaspora, preservation, and the significance of language - especially Ladino ❤️🔥 Astera brings light to how powerful preserving language - like Ladino - and culture are, as ways to engage with art and continue creating art, and as ways to push back against zionism and other settler colonialism. You can listen to Astera’s podcast HERE, read their poem we talk about HERE, and read their article we mentioned HERE. If you want more of their poetry, it’s HERE. She also plays piano HERE and has a mixed media IG HERE. Also, stay tuned because they will be published in Lilth Magazine this fall! 👀 The song Jessie mentioned can be found HERE. Join us for our next episode with @annarajagopal, they/she, a South Asian Jewish writer and poet anchored in Houston, Texas. As always, s/o to Nate for our podcast music! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us as we talk with Naomi Weintraub (they/them). Naomi is currently the Community Artist-in-Residence at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Their art practice explores themes of play, queerness, anarchism, and environment. We talk with them about living on Jewish time, and queer time, the power of Jewish ritual and the power of transformation, and Jewish anarchism! You can get in contact with Naomi on their instagram and check out their art on their website. We talk about the Olam Haba planner created by Rebekah Erev and Nomy Lamb, which you can find here. We also talk about Rebellious Anarchist Young Jews (RAYJ) and the podcast that Naomi hosts for The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Disloyal. The books they plug at the end of the episode are: “There’s Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart” “With Freedom in Our Ears” “Practical Anarchism” See you next week when we talk to Astera (she/they)! Astera is a multhiethnic sefardi writer, pianist, and photographer who is passionate about preserving diasporic languages and customs alive, anti-zionism, and creating. As always, s/o to Nate for our podcast music! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us as we talk to multi-talented artist @tahini.jpg ❤️🔥🕯️🍃Nick tells us all about their tattooing practice, the meaningfulness of tattooing Judaica & queer art, living off the grid, and how Judaism shows up (even unintentionally) in all the art they make. Join us next week when we talk to @na0mir0se , a multi-media artist and educator living in Baltimore 🥳 As always, s/o to Nate for our podcast music! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
We go full poetry nerd mode in this episode with Parker Sera! Join us as we talk about leaving room for nuance, the importance of activism in Judaism, and unpacking the relationship between art and capitalism. You can find Parker on instagram or check out their website. The work we talked about is here and here. Definitely check out her linktree and website for all her work. She will also be reading a play THIS SATURDAY in Philly, you can find details here. She'll also be reading some poems in Philly on August 18th, but follow her for more details on that as they come! Join us next week when we talk to Nick! Nick, or Tahini, (they/them) is an Agender Jewish artist, tattooer and farmer residing in Northern NY, originally from the Philadelphia area. As always, thank you to Nate for our podcast music! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us for another installment of The Artist Series with our incredible guest Zai, @kxngzaire ❤️🔥 In this episode we talk with Zai about the power of visibility, the liberation that lies in simply existing, avant garde fashion for trans folks, and so much more! Check out @beyondstudios.nyc and listen to ZAI on all music platforms, search The Purge feat Big Water if you can't find ZAI Read the NYT article ZAI was featured in! Come back next week when we talk to @parker.sera - a queer, Ashkenazic actor, poet, theatre maker and teaching artist 🫶🏼 S/o to Nate for our podcast music! #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
Join us as we talk with @avivalaviv about their art and Jewish lineage ✨Aviva talks about art as a connective force and holding space for the dichotomy that exists in our world 🧚♀️ Spotify and you can watch the FANTASY music video on youtube.The links they mention at the end of the episode are https://civilrights.justice.gov/ and https://www.ada.gov/. Aviva also highlights The Generations Project and their cousins book, The Cost of Free Land by Rebecca Clarren. See you next week for our talk with @kxngzaire - a Black Trans Masc bespoke designer, punk rapper and model born and based in NYC 🥳🥳🥳 #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries
If you missed it live you’re going to want to tune into this especially fitting Summer Solstice episode with @playscapeart 🌞🐚🎨Join us as we talk with Mia about the Jewish tradition of centering LIFE, focusing on gratitude for the small things, centering play and joy in life and art, and the magic in everything 🥺✨ Join us next TUESDAY as we talk toAviva La Viv (they/she) - a Jewish, queer singer/songwriter and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. #artistsoninstagram #JewishArtists #QueerArtists #AntiZionistArtists #JewishArt #QueerArt #ArtAsResistance #Art #QueerJews #Jewish #JewishResistance #Podcast #PodcastsOfInstagram #JewishPodcast #IGLive #Conversations #Pride #ArtistSeries #Magic #Joy #Play #SummerSolstice
Join us for our FIRST episode of this incredible series with Daniel Kushner! We talk about Daniel’s time performing as Motel in Fiddler, how his anti-zionism shows up in his art, and the importance of dialogue. To check out more of Daniel's work, follow him on IG and read his article here! @mmontalvo_xo on IG! S/o to Nate for our podcast music 🥳
Join Making Mensches for our special conversation with Binya and Xava, creators of Shel Maala Yeshiva - a digital-first queer Yeshiva! We talk about the importance of queer, anti-zionist, accessible Torah and Talmud study, the rewards and challenges of this work, abolitionist and anti-zionist Torah, and so much more. We can’t wait for you to listen, and we hope you’ll join us for our joint event on MAY 23RD - both in NYC and online on Zoom. Please RSVP for more details!The work Shel Maala does is essential, please consider supporting their work! Join one of their classes, such as the one we discuss in this episode, Torah from the Inside Out: Cohort for Incarcerated People and Allies. If you’re curious about (or want to support, we hope!) Matir Asurim, you can find more info here.[This episode was recorded in March 2025.]Big thanks to Xava and Binya for being on the pod, to Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, you can do so here.
We hope you're as excited as we are for this conversation with Joey Ramona, iconic Toronto based punk rock tattooer, visual artist, and a self-described “weird Jewish punk guy.” We talk with Joey about being an anti-zionist Jewish tattooer, about how tattoos can help people deepen their connection to Judaism, about the concept of doikayt and researching ashkenazi tradition, about mutual aid and community organizing, and so much more! If you want to book an appointment with Joey, reach out to them at Bookingsbyjoey@gmail.com We feel so lucky that we get to have incredible conversations with people we admire so much <3Links to things we discuss in the episode: The zine Joey made a few years ago about Jewish tattooingToronto Indigenous Harm Reduction orgSudan Solidarity Collective Toronto PYM chapterJews Say No to Genocide [This episode was recorded in March 2025.]Big thanks to Joey for being on the pod, to Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, you can do so here.
Join us as we talk to Stephanie (they/them), founder of Taste of Olam Haba, a vibrant Jewish community in Central Arkansas founded in 2021. We discuss the growth of Taste of Olam Haba and what building this community has looked like, what it's been like to engage with the rise and presence of fascism in the South, backlash from zionist Jewish community, and much more. Thank you to Stephanie and Taste of Olam Haba for this conversation and for all the work you do in Arkasas! If you're in Central Arkansas and looking for anti-zionist Jewish community, make sure to connect with Taste of Olam Haba.Stephanie is also a co-founder of Little Rock Peace for Palestine, and you can find more information about their work here.This episode is the first in what will be an ongoing conversation series with Jewish spiritual communities that exist outside of major cities, in an effort to uplift these spaces and discuss the unique challenges and joys that these communities face. [This episode was recorded in March 2025.]Big thanks to Stephanie for being on the pod, to Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, you can do so here.