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Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo ~ Tishrei

Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo (They/She) is an artist, activist, educator, storyteller & curator who is based between Ohlone Land [Oakland, CA] and Powhatan Land [Richmond,VA]. Their work has been exhibited/performed at museums, galleries, homes and in the streets. Lukaza has their BFA from California College of the Arts and MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Find their work at lukazabranfmanverissimo.com and @bluekaza.

 

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Isaac/Yitshaq Ofori Solomon ~ Cheshvan

Yitshaq Ofori Solomon (he/him) is an educator, student, writer, and journalist who is a Black African (Beta Yisraelim and Musta’arabi) Queer Jew. They spend much of their time building communities based on solidarity. Here he shares much that is dear to him as a child of intersecting and rich Black, African, and Jewish Diaspora experiences. Learn more here.

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Hadar Cohen ~ Kislev

Hadar Cohen (she/her) is a Mizrahi feminist multi-media artist, healer and educator. She is a Jewish mystic who works to build decolonial frameworks for worshiping God. Hadar teaches Jewish scripture and embodied practices through her own mystical devotional school called Malchut. She is an artist and her mediums include performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound and ritual. Check out her work at hadarcohen.me and @hadarcohen32.

Rebeccah Santa Ana Stromberg - Tevet

Rebeccah Santa Ana Stromberg (she/her) studies and practices embodiment and healing practices cross-culturally. Her inquiry is at the intersection of ritual, healing, and creativity. She likes to use her hands and her body – making bread, cooking meals, dancing, singing, ritualizing, and most recently weaving – to experience how life moves from form to form. Find more at rebeccah.co and @r.ebeccah.

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Socket Klatzker ~ Shvat

Socket Klatzker (they/them) is a community organizer, ritualist, trauma therapist conflict mediator, and workshop facilitator. They work with various communities that experience trauma as a result of oppression. Socket is passionate about healing with nature, community, and collective liberation. Socket lives with beloved community in rural TN. Find Socket’s work at socketklatzker.com

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Elana June~ Adar

Elana June (she/her)’s life’s work is dedicated to realigning texts and traditions towards healing and collective liberation. Elana June currently lives in Lenapeoking (NY), where she teachers at the Brooklyn Waldorf School and collaborates with a wide and wild web of Queer Jewish Witches and other Wise Ones. Learn more at elanajune.com.

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Mazal Masoud Etedgi ~ Nisan

Mazal Masoud Etedgi (they/them/theirs) is a trans/non-binary artist, arab/mizrahi/amazigh jew, first-gen, spoonie/chronically ill person, herbalist, Drama Therapist, clown, and cultural organizer. Maz utilizes imagination, play, and ritual as tools for liberation, healing and connection. You can find their herbal medicine apothecary at bsamimapothecary.com and @bsamim.apothecary

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Erika Davis ~ Iyar

Erika Davis (she/her) is a mother, rising Kohenet, and Puget Sound-based birth worker doula with a focus on childbirth education and postpartum support. She is an educator and 200 Hr Certified Yoga Teacher. She is the founder of Whole Body Pregnancy, LLC. Whole Body Pregnancy is a pause. It’s a reflection. It’s an intention. It asks us to consider the things we know what we’ve been told about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, as well as miscarriage, pregnancy loss, and abortion. Find her work at wholebodypregnancy.com, @_wholebodypregnancy_

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Never Angeline North ~ Sivan

Never Angeline Nꙩrth (she/her) is an agender author, artist, and musician living in Olympia, WA. Her creative book-length works include Sea-Witch, Careful Mountain, and Sara or the Existence of Fire. Find her online at never.horse.

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Maya Amichai~ Tamuz

Maya Amichai (they/them) is a mizrachi/ashkenazi queer nonbinary neurodivergent jewish person living in the bay area. They are deeply connected to the earth and loves gardening, playing with their dogs, birdwatching with their partner, and getting far away from roads and electricity. They work hard to infuse urban planning with social justice. Follow them @maya_amichai.

Jna Shelomith ~ Av

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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Melissa Nussbaum Freeman ~ Elul

Melissa Nussbaum Freeman (she/her/goddexx) is a Queer, Sefardi/Ashkenazi, self-loving, anti-zionist abolitionist, who uses theater, art and ritual to stir the good-trouble pot as often as possible. Passion is her motor; her backup engine is a wild belief in the change that moves towards justice. melissa@jvp.org www.tinyurl.com/melissanussbaumfreeman.