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Hidden in Plain Sight: Zohare Jacobi on Jewish Magic Beyond Nationalism
On August 7th at 2pm Eastern, Rabbi Andy Kahn sits down with Zohare for a conversation about diaspora, magic, comparative religion, and what it means to teach Judaism rooted in scholarship and love when so many mainstream institutions have collapsed it into ahistorical nationalism.
Her shop, jewitches.com, carries ethically sourced ritual goods, herbs, books, and Judaica drawn from across the diaspora. Worth a browse before or after the conversation.
Zohare Jacobi built Jewitches out of a deep love of Jewish magic, folk practice, and mysticism, and now over one hundred thousand people follow her work on TikTok and Instagram. She has taught a generation of young Jews about kesem, besamim and baytele, and the herbs their great-grandmothers kept that weren’t recorded in the Talmud. Now, her brick and mortar store in LA, Diaspora Magic, is a community home for Jews and others looking for new depths in Judaism.
She has also been a clear, steady voice against the conflation of Zionism and Judaism, as well as against the antisemitism that treats Jews as a monolith to be defended or attacked rather than a wide variety of diasporic people.
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Asunder! An Anthology of Jewish Anti-Zionist Fiction
Join ACJ board member Miriam Eisenstat and Author Aaron Kreuter for a conversation about Aaron’s new book Asunder. The first English-language anthology dedicated solely to Jewish anti-Zionist fiction, Asunder charts a new direction in Jewish literature as it takes a stand against the violent ethnic nationalisms that are currently destroying both Palestine and the world.
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Hosting with the Shabbat Haggadah
Want to host Shabbat but not sure where to start?
Join us for Hosting with the Shabbat Haggadah, a live class on using ACJ's monthly Shabbat guide to bring people together around your table.
We'll walk through the blessings, talk through the questions hosts run into (What about the Hebrew? What if my guests have very different backgrounds? What if I'm the least experienced person there?), and help you plan your own Shabbat meal.
No experience or Hebrew required. You'll leave with a worksheet, a marked-up guide, and a plan.
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Anti-Zionism: A Jewish Tradition Book Release Event
Join us for the book release event, in partnership with Jewish Currents, McNally-Jackson, and Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser, in conversation with activist and writer Jasper Nathaniel. The two will discuss the history of Jewish Anti-Zionism, its current iterations, and what it means to actively involve yourself in this tradition today.
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