Jewish Ancestral Healing Podcast

In this episode, musician, illustrator, creative coach, kohenet/Hebrew Priestess, and Creative Director of Sins Invalid Nomy Lamm dreams the world to come, exploring trancestors, disability justice, time portals, and intimacy with the divine. They are interviewed by social change strategist Rae Abileah.

In this episode, Jewish diversity leader, consultant, facilitator, speaker, writer, musician, and entrepreneur Jared Jackson discusses Judaism, racism and white supremacy in a conversation dedicated to liberation. He is interviewed by pioneering feminist Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb.

In this episode white-Ashkenazi-Jewish queer/lesbian rabble-rouser for justice Penny Rosenwasser speaks on daring to be powerful, how to face fear while centering joy. She is interviewed by social change strategist Rae Abileah.

In this episode, writer chef and cooking instrutor Susan Barocas speaks on the blessing of ancestral foodways.

In this episode, Godmother of Moroccan Film Izza Genini speaks on ancestral blessing through the art of film.

Ari Felix – astrologer, poet and bruje – speaks to the magic of planets as intimate ancestors. In conversation with their mother, Kohenet YA Rivera, Ari muses on inhabiting a multiplicity of identities, alchemizing at the intersection of old and new paradigms, and radically listening to the call of our cosmologies which compel us toward our purpose.

Mike Moskowitz, scholar-in-residence at the world's largest LGBTQ Synagogue, speaks on ways his ancestors have inspired him to be both deeply traditional and radically progressive. He shares of his journey from receiving Ultra-Orthodox Rabbinic ordination to becoming an advocate for trans rights and vocal ally for LGBTQ inclusivity.

Noam Shuster-Eliassi speaks on her path as a peace-builder in Israel-Palestine and how it led her to becoming a renowned stand-up comedian. In conversation with Hadar Cohen, Noam shares of her childhood in the intentional Jewish and Palestinian village, Neve Shalom Wahat Al Salam, and her experience working toward peace through the art of comedy.

Binya Koatz shares the exquisite blessing of Jewish transcestors in this conversation with rabbi and reclaimer of tekhines Noam Lerman. Binya weaves stories of love for her feminine queer ancestral line, her mix of Sephardi and Askekanzi heritages, and ways the past and future have the possibility to cocreate each other through magic.

Jericho Vincent, in conversation with Rami Avraham Efal, speaks on the practice of holding ancestors in both gratitude and accountability. Jericho shares of their journey from an ultra-Orthodox rabbinic home through multiple traditions before returning to Judaism, and ways their non-binary identity impacts how they relate to gendered aspects of Jewish tradition.

Ariel Luckey, co-founder of Jews on Ohlone land and development director for Sogorea Te' urban indigenous women-led land trust, reflects on ancestral harm, indigenous solidarity, and Jewish practices of tshuvah, or return. Ariel, in conversation with Leora Cockrell, also speaks to assimilation, spiritual yearning, and ways he engages these themes through hip-hop and klezmer music.

Starhawk, renowned author and ecofeminist spiritual leader, speaks of ancestrally-resourced non-violent resistance in this conversation with Rae Abileah. She shares stories about her Earth Activist training, Palestinian solidarity work, and the power of rooting in joy as a transformative practice.

Aurora Levins Morales, in conversation with Dori Midnight, dives into the transformative power of poetry, storytelling and radical genealogy. Aurora shares of her Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi roots, her experience with chronic illness, and imagines what is possible in a world of protective reciprocity.