Av with Jna Shelomith

Dreaming the World to Come

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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This podcast episode was edited by Kim Wayman and Nomy Lamm.

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)