Jul 18 2023 57 mins 1
Jna Shelomith (she/her) grew up sporadically homeless in a family that spoke six different languages, with Jewish roots in Morocco and Russia. A writer at the intersection of Arabic (created to share sacred stories) and Riot Grrrl (created for punk rock feminist expression), she works with Mizna, an Arab/Muslim arts-journal. For pay, Jna focuses on community engagement and systems change addressing complex challenges impacting communities on Dakota Land/Twin Cities, Minnesota. Singing with groups and smashing white-supremacy -patriarchy are her happy places. Follow her @jnagillis.
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SHOW NOTES:
- Eicha/Lamentations: https://www.sefaria.org/Lamentations
- Lamentations for the destruction of Palestine: https://tinyurl.com/NakbaLamentations5783
- Seven weeks of consolation: https://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/seven-weeks-of-consolation/
- Beshert: meant-to-be
Interview:
- Mizna: https://mizna.org/
- Tikkun olam: Healing and Repairing the World
- Mimouna: A traditional Maghrebi Jewish celebration dinner, originating in Morocco, that takes place the day after Pesach.
- Jewcy: A network of young leftist Jews that held gatherings in the early 2000’s.
- Rabbi Arthur Waskow: An author, activist and rabbi associated with the Jewish Renewal movement.
- Riot Grrrl: A grassroots network and support system for feminists in the punk scene that began in the early nineties.
- Nigun: Wordless melody
This Way to Olam haBa
- http://sacredsea.org
- More about Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut:
- https://grist.org/fix/opinion/lummi-nation-southern-resident-killer-whale-salish-sea-return/
- https://sacredsea.org/skalichelhtenaut/
- https://vimeo.com/446827572
- https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/
Song:
“The World is Alive,” by Nomy Lamm for Tu B’Av (originally written as a crush song to a tree)
