5787 Contributors

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Anna Elena Torres ~ Tishrei

Anna Elena Torres is the author of Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature (Yale University Press, 2024) and the co-editor of With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism (University of Illinois Press, 2023). Torres is currently writing a book about ecology and kinship, titled A Bear Flew By: Animality in Yiddish Arts and Literature (Rutgers University Press).

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Alissa Bernard Golbus ~ Cheshvan

Alissa Bernard Golbus (she/her) is a consulting natal and predictive astrologer, death doula, and paralegal based in the Northeastern United States. She gave her first client reading in elementary school (a palm reading for 25¢). Alissa is a child of Saturn.

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Kezia Kamenetz ~ Kislev

Kezia Vida Kamenetz is a dreamworker and co-director of Natural Dreamwork, a collective of dreamworkers dedicated to preserving the sacred encounter that is alive in every dream. She is a mental health counselor in LA and lives at All You Need Institute, a budding eco-village that focuses on conservation and nature-based education.

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Cassidy Dallas ~ Tevet

Cassidy Dallas (they/them) is a culturally and spiritually Jewish social worker, parent, and artist living in Massachusetts. They care deeply about building a vibrant, loving future for LGBTQIA+ youth, particularly trans and nonbinary youth. Cass owns a psychotherapy practice and does education and training workshops throughout the United States.

www.cassdallas.com

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Felipe Ventura is a dad, organizer, and dreamer living in xučyun with his family. He builds financial infrastructure that lets movements grow on their own terms and make prefigurative presents real.

Felipe Ventura ~ Shvat

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Rena Branson ~ Adar I

Rena Branson (she/they) is a composer, ritual leader, and educator who uplifts personal and collective healing through song. She offers heart-opening song circles and prayer services in Jewish communities across Turtle Island. Rena has released two albums, "Love Is the Ground" and "In Doing & In Dreaming."

renabranson.com

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Saffron Mala Kaplan ~ Adar II

Saffron Mala Kaplan (she/he) is a proud Queer Jew of Color and a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a great lover of midrash and queer Torah with a soft spot for academic biblical studies. His favorite books of the Tanakh are Samuel and Ruth (i.e. the gayest ones).

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Dr. Shula Mola is a researcher, educator, and social activist whose work explores memory, identity, gender, and belonging among Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Through oral history and ethnography, she documents community knowledge, women’s voices, and the ways marginalized communities preserve hope, resilience, and cultural continuity.

Photo credit: Tania Zion Waldeks

Shula Mola ~ Nisan

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Dean Spade ~ Iyar

Dean Spade is the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) and Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise Hell Together. He is the host of the Love in a F*cked Up World podcast.

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Hadasah Yaqob-Johnson is a lifelong learner and an educator. She is committed to repairing communities through health, empathy and divine unity. Her rabbinical career will focus on Food Justice and Food Security, uniting several pillars of Judaism: Tikkun Olam, Hachnasat Orchim, Maakhal Revi’im, and servant leadership.

Hadasah Yaqob-Johnson ~ Sivan

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Je’Jae C. Mizrahi ~ Tamuz

Mx. Je’Jae C. Mizrahi is a Temani-Queer Millennial writer in nyc & has written for several publications & literary magazines, including The Village Voice, HuffPost, Hey Alma, and Lilith Magazine. They have held residencies at Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College as a Frank Bonilla Scholar. They have participated in multiple writing projects and fellowships, such as PEN America’s “DREAMing Out Loud,” National Queer Theatre’s “Write It Out,” and Brooklyn public library’s Justice Initiatives’ “Bridges” zine.

https://notd.io/@mizrahi

MxEnigma.Substack.com

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Courtney Parker West ~ Av

Courtney Parker West is a fourth-year PhD student in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and longtime educator, organizer, coach, and anti-racist DEI consultant. Her research explores race, spirituality, and healing among educators of color. A published writer and first-generation college graduate, she values storytelling, coalition-building, books, and Star Trek.

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Brant Rosen ~ Elul

Brant Rosen is the founding rabbi of the congregation Tzedek Chicago. He is the author of the book Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi's Path to Palestinian Solidarity and a liturgist whose original Jewish prayers are used in a variety of ritual spaces. He lives in Evanston, IL.