Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep. 83: Beyond the Brisket: Creating a Liberatory Passover Practice

March 31, 2022 by April Baskin in Jews Talk Racial Justice, podcast, jewish holiday, Judaism, Spirituality

As we approach Passover 5782, we’re thinking about the tension inherent in commemorating a moment of acute urgency with practices that require a lot of time, intention, and planning. The Passover story contains multiple moments when our ancestors and predecessors displayed both faith and radical imagination, but when ritual becomes rigid, it can limit beliefs and imagination. April and Tracie investigate how we can use the Passover holiday, ritual, and greater awareness, to nurture and apply our own radical imagination toward liberation.

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Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep. 81: Middle Agent Status, Alternatives to Whiteness, and Radical Imagination

March 24, 2022 by April Baskin in Jews Talk Racial Justice, podcast

We cover a LOT of ground in today’s conversation, where we get curious about what prevents some folks and groups from accessing joy. We talk about Black joy, the whiteness of white Jews and what often makes embracing joy difficult (and the impact of the historical middle agent role), individual and collective safety, and imagining our liberated selves and living into that. What would it look like for white Jews choose the side of liberation over whiteness?

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Mazel tov! - Celebrating Our Inaugural Ko’ach Felllows!

April 15, 2021 by April Baskin in Jews of Color, Judaism, mindfulness, racial justice, self-care

Have you ever seen or heard the advice, “be the person you needed as a child”? That’s kind of what the Ko’ach Fellowship is for me. When I was a Vice President at the URJ, I deeply needed a mentor who was Jewish leader of color who had walked that “senior executive at a large establishment institution” path before. That person just didn’t exist.

Jews Talk Racial Justice - S2E10: Eight Passover Practices for Collective Liberation

April 01, 2021 by April Baskin in jewish holiday, Jews Talk Racial Justice, Judaism, podcast

“Collective liberation. That's sort of my phrase for what some may call the messianic era, is when we've achieved collective liberation.” - April N. Baskin