As an agricultural designer and practicing Jew, Katie Wachsberger speaks through the lens of ecology on rewilding Judaism, liberatory multi-religiosity, and a fundamental rupture caused by colonization. Katie shares about the retreat she organized in Al Andalus called Decolonizing Judaism and shows how our relationship to land serves as a mirror to the relationship we have with the Divine. In this episode, we hear about Katie’s personal journey from her modern orthodox upbringing in New York to practicing regenerative and decolonial land care across many different ecosystems.

After many years in the agri-tech and agri-business sectors, Katie has remade herself as a regenerative agro-ecologist, diving deep into the complexities surrounding human efforts to restore natural ecosystems, as well as our relationships with them. Katie is an agricultural designer and consultant, an educator and an activist, a journalist and writer, and a practicing Jew. In her work, writing, and trainings, Katie promotes non-violence, deep ecology, and indigenous land-stewardship practices as essential to the paradigm shift away from extraction and separation, necessary to end occupations of all kinds.

Join Katie and Hadar in this beautiful conversation where they weave ecology, spirituality, and society.

To follow Katie's work:

https://www.salsola-group.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kwassta?igsh=anBvNTRxeG42YXQz

https://www.katiewachsberger.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dana-lp/?viewAsMember=true

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This podcast is facilitated by Hadar Cohen.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual.

To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me //@hadarcohen32

To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one.

Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Hadar's Web is a podcast featuring community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Available on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and more. Check it out at malchut.one.

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hadarcohen and by subscribing, rating, and commenting.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode, Layla Maghribi shares personal stories of ancestral pilgrimage to Libya and Syria. She traces her family history of activism against colonialism, which she continues through her own work, and highlights the critical history of Italian colonialism in Libya that is so often overlooked. In conversation with Hadar Cohen, Layla explores the mental health impacts of exile, the necessity of community to regional resilience, and the centrality of Palestinian liberation.

You can follow Layla at laylamaghribi.com/, substack.com/@thirdculturetherapy & podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/third-culture-therapy/id1678270266

Layla Maghribi is a British-(mixed) Arab journalist, writer and podcaster based in the UK. Layla was based in the Arab world for several years working as a journalist for international media outlets, including Reuters and CNN, and she has a special interest in social issues affecting Arabic-speaking communities, particularly in relation to culture, immigration and mental health. Layla is now writing her first non-fiction book on her family's history of displacement across the Arab world over 100 years and she is the creator and host of the Third Culture Therapy podcast which explores mental health from a diverse cultural perspective.

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This podcast is facilitated by Hadar Cohen.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual.

To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me //@hadarcohen32

To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one.

Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Hadar's Web is a podcast featuring community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Available on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and more. Check it out at malchut.one.

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hadarcohen and by subscribing, rating, and commenting.

Thank you for listening!

Listen into this conversation with Juliette Samman to learn about a grassroots movement led by Palestinians who articulate a vision of liberation through the One Democratic State Initiative.

The “One Democratic State” solution is a political vision that identifies Zionism’s settler-colonial endeavor as the root cause of suffering and violence in Palestine, and its politicization of identity as a danger to the cohesion and health of societies. It proposes the transition to One Democratic State as the only possible solution.

The One Democratic State Initiative aims to mobilize individuals, entities and political parties, in Palestine and abroad, behind such an endeavor. Juliette joined a year ago based on her shared vision of what a free Palestine should look like.

In this episode, we discuss the accomplishments, challenges, and reach of the ODSI and the 5 tenants of what happens in this decolonized democratic and secular state.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:41 The Origins of the One Democratic State Initiative

08:52 The Politicization of Identity

14:16 The need for a democratic state

16:51 Challenges

23:32 Achievements

31:17 Why include Israelis & Jews in the ODSI

37:07 How to get involved and support

41:41 The Five Characteristics of the ODS

46:37 Conclusion

Support ODSI by joining the movement at: odsi.co/en/

Read their Declaration for Tomorrow's Palestine: odsi.co/en/statements/declaration-tomorrows-palestine/

Follow ODSI on social media and amplify their work:

www.instagram.com/odsinitiative/
www.twitter.com/odsinitiative
www.youtube.com/@odsinitiative
www.facebook.com/odsinitiative

Bios

Juliette Samman is a researcher specializing in decolonial studies, with a focus on social justice and the Middle East. Her work is deeply intertwined with her identity as a French individual of Syrian heritage and her personal ties to Palestine, rooted in relationships and lived experiences, which come in the context of Palestine's organic and historical ties with Syria.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

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Hadar's Web is a podcast featuring community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Available on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and more. Check it out at malchut.one. Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hadarcohen.

Rawan Roshni takes us on an elemental journey through her life as a Palestinian woman, global citizen, and artist. She weaves stories about how the Earth - olive trees, roots, birds, our bodies - are inextricably linked to a spiritual path, offers us tools for facilitating transformative group processes, and shares insights into the interplay between personal and communal healing and activism.

You can follow Rawan through her website and social media: https://rawanroshni.com and @rawanroshniofficial

Rawan Roshni is a Palestinian/Balkan, Global Citizen, Arab Woman, based in Jordan. She uses her voice as an Artivist through her singing/songwriting and facilitation of brave spaces focusing her work in the SWANA region. She has co-founded multiple interfaith and world music projects and most recently has been touring her solo tri-lingual live-looping Music & Poetry performance Al-Tuyoor: Messages from the Birds for 2 years across 6 countries and counting! Her facilitation work over the past decade has ranged from issues such as conflict transformation, collective liberation, feminine leadership, catalyzing community, emotional processing tools, conscious relating, consent and more! She fuses Sound, Movement and Intuitive Rituals as tools in her work, bringing elements such as group singing, sound work through vocalization, whirling dance, and intentional nature-based practices.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:50 Rawan’s Story

08:48 Intersections of Art, Healing, Spirituality, and Activism and the Interplay between Personal and Communal Healing

15:30 Challenges of Organized Religion & Connecting to Sufism

23:11 What is Your Journey with God?

32:23 Whirling

42:21 What is Artivism?

49:51 Al-Tuyoor: Messages from the Birds, Rawan’s Touring Show

58:49 On Transformative Group Process

01:08:00 Breaking the Fourth Wall & Hadar and Rawan’s Collaborations

01:19:30 How to Follow and Support Rawan

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This podcast is facilitated by Hadar Cohen.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual.

To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me //@hadarcohen32

To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one.

Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Hadar's Web is a podcast featuring community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Available on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and more. Check it out at malchut.one.

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hadarcohen and by subscribing, rating, and commenting.

Thank you for listening! Much love!

Hadar's Web is a podcast featuring community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Available on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and more. Check it out at malchut.one. Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hadarcohen

Verenice Berroa Torres is a spiritual doula and creator. She was the first God Fellow in 2021. Follow her Instagram account @cocreatingwithplants

God Fellowship is open for registration, two upcoming online cohorts:

1. Sundays, Jan 19 – Apr 6
Time: 9:30-11:00 AM PST / 12:30-2:00 PM EST / 5:30-7:00 PM UTC

2. Wednesdays, Jan 22 – Apr 9
Time: 9:30-11:00 AM PST / 12:30-2:00 PM EST / 5:30-7:00 PM UTC

All details and registration here: https://www.malchut.one/fellowship

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Erin Axelman is a queer Jewish filmmaker, based out of Somerville, MA. Israelism is their directorial debut. Erin and Sam Eilertsen founded Tikkun Olam Productions, a nonprofit filmmaking collective that focuses on documenting and supporting movements for justice. Erin has produced videos for Senator Ed Markey, as well as Congressman Jamaal Bowman.

Sam Eilertsen worked for a decade as a cinematographer and editor on narrative and documentary projects before directing Israelism, which is also his directorial debut. He is also directing the upcoming documentary Generation on Fire, which follows the youth climate movement, and Vs Goliath, a documentary series on frontline environmental justice activists, which was selected for the prestigious CNN/Film Independent 2023 Docuseries Intensive.

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Ala’ Khan is a storyteller and filmmaker focused on community based storytelling - uplifting the authentic and diverse stories of BIPOC communities. Faith and spirituality are what ground Ala’ and motivate her work and engagement with the world as a community activist in pursuit of justice and racial equity. IG @amkjourneys

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com

Nadia Irshaid Gilbert is a Palestinian-American artist working at the intersection of spirit, culinary production, experience design and filmmaking. Her multidisciplinary work invites us to dive deep, transform our relationships, and engage with the vision of interconnected, collective liberation. https://www.instagram.com/nadiadiaspora/

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching direct experience of God. Hadar is a Jewish mystic who builds decolonial frameworks to worship God. Hadar is an artist weaving the spiritual with the political through the artistic mediums of performance, movement, writing, weaving, sound, and ritual. To learn more about Hadar, visit hadarcohen.me // @hadarcohen32 To study at her mystical school, check out malchut.one. Subscribe to her Substack to stay tuned to latest episodes and offerings hadarcohen.substack.com