379: Queer Travel & Jewish Anti-Zionism: Cara Laban on Identity, Community & Collective Liberation

About this episode

Cara Laban discusses her queer identity, Jewish history, and political solidarity while sharing travel stories from around the world.

Learn how Cara came out as queer while living abroad and built community, belonging, and solidarity with Palestine. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In Part 2 of this conversation, Cara Laban reflects on the intersections of queer identity, Jewish history, and political solidarity while living and traveling around the world. She shares how coming out as queer while living abroad helped her find community and belonging across cultures, while a deeper engagement with Jewish history and contemporary politics shaped her journey toward anti-Zionism and solidarity with Palestinians. Cara also recounts navigating male-dominated digital nomad spaces, attending feminist protests, and encountering police violence. She then tells travel stories from Italy, the Dominican Republic, the Galapagos Islands, attending Carnival in Rio and seeing pink dolphins in the Amazon. Cara reflects on how living between cultures can expand the way we think about identity, community, and collective liberation. And finally, she shares…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Bowles

Guest: Cara Laban

Topics covered

• queer identity
• Jewish history
• political solidarity
• community building
• anti-Zionism
• travel stories
• collective liberation

Keywords

• queer travel
• Jewish anti-Zionism
• community
• solidarity
• digital nomad
• feminist protests
• travel experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Palestine, Italy, Dominican Republic, Galapagos Islands, Rio, Amazon

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