Making Mensches

• Composting Our Anger with Liz Awesome

  Join Jessie (she/her) and guest interviewer (and beloved Making Mensches collaborator) Jesi (fae/they) for their conversation with artist Liz Awesome (he/him) 🎨 Jessie, Jesi, and Liz talk all things trash, art, and Judaism - as well as ways to infuse our lives with liberation, anger, and grief. As Liz says, “We already have everything we need, and we’re throwing it away in the trash.”They discuss the ways that the internet both inhibits and encourages our modes of connection, including how we can best leverage the algorithm to ensure the most marginalized stories are being amplified and heard.Some links to things mentioned in this episode…Politics of Disposabilitybell hooks on composting anger[This episode was recorded in August 2025.]Big thanks to Liz for being on the pod, Jesi for co-facilitating this interview, Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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• Speaking From Our Bodies with Wes (Wendy Elisheva Somerson)

  Hi Mensches! In this episode we’re joined by Wes (Wendy Elisheva Somerson), author of new book An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing: Somatic Practices to Heal Historical Wounds, Unlearn Oppression, and Create a Liberated World to Come. This is a rich conversation filled with so much wisdom from Wes talking about trauma and somatic healing, taking actionable steps to address fear and shame in our bodies, how living into intention (kavanah) can guide us, and truly… so much more. We’re so excited for this episode to finally be out in the world and can’t wait for you to listen.You can buy Wes’s book from the publisher - North Atlantic Books, at Third Place Books in Seattle, at Jewitches, or at any local bookstore. While Wes does not recommend purchasing the book on Am*z*n, they do ask that you go and write a review there to help boost the book :)Some links to things mentioned in this episode…Ruach Healing GroupSefaria The Embodiment Institute  [This episode was recorded in July 2025.]Big thanks to Wes for being on the pod, Emily from North Atlantic Books, Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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• Bringing the World Into Focus with Deatra and Adam

  Welcome back, Mensches! Join us for a conversation with Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegal, co-authors of Ashkenazi Herbalism and new book Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and Their Neighbors in Eastern Europe. We discuss how Deatra and Adam began doing this work, the main differences between Woven Roots and Ashkenazi Herbalism, communal care in the Pale, the process of recovering traditions, plant medicine, and so much more. You can buy both of their books on Jewitches.com. Some of the things they mention during this episode are…Yizkor books Memoirs of a Grandmother Our episode with Julie WeitzRokhl KafrissenMax Dashu and the Suppressed Histories Archives[This episode was recorded in July 2025.]Big thanks to Adam and Deatra for being on the pod, Emily from North Atlantic Books, Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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• We Only Survive This Together with Binya and Xava of Shel Maala

  Join Making Mensches for our special conversation with Binya and Xava, creators of Shel Maala Yeshiva - a digital-first queer Yeshiva! We talk about the importance of queer, anti-zionist, accessible Torah and Talmud study, the rewards and challenges of this work, abolitionist and anti-zionist Torah, and so much more. We can’t wait for you to listen, and we hope you’ll join us for our joint event on MAY 23RD - both in NYC and online on Zoom. Please RSVP for more details!The work Shel Maala does is essential, please consider supporting their work! Join one of their classes, such as the one we discuss in this episode, Torah from the Inside Out: Cohort for Incarcerated People and Allies. If you’re curious about (or want to support, we hope!) Matir Asurim, you can find more info here.[This episode was recorded in March 2025.]Big thanks to Xava and Binya for being on the pod, to Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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• We Already Have the Tools with Joey Ramona

  We hope you're as excited as we are for this conversation with Joey Ramona, iconic Toronto based punk rock tattooer, visual artist, and a self-described “weird Jewish punk guy.” We talk with Joey about being an anti-zionist Jewish tattooer, about how tattoos can help people deepen their connection to Judaism, about the concept of doikayt and researching ashkenazi tradition, about mutual aid and community organizing, and so much more! If you want to book an appointment with Joey, reach out to them at [email protected]⁠ We feel so lucky that we get to have incredible conversations with people we admire so much <3Links to things we discuss in the episode: The zine Joey made a few years ago about Jewish tattooingToronto Indigenous Harm Reduction orgSudan Solidarity Collective Toronto PYM chapterJews Say No to Genocide [This episode was recorded in March 2025.]Big thanks to Joey for being on the pod, to Jessie for editing the podcast, and to Nate for our podcast music. If you want to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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