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Collective Liberation: Diaspora Jews United to End the Occupation

On Thursday, August 3rd, speakers Hadar Cohen and Eva Borgwardt explored how many in the Jewish diaspora are organizing for dignity and equality for all, from the river to the sea. Our moderator, Rabbi Sheila Weinberg, spoke with these leaders who are fighting against antisemitism and for Palestinian liberation. This was the second talk of AFCFP's four-part summer series on Collective Liberation. Learn more about our speakers below: Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic, artist, and political writer. She is the founder of Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching Jewish mysticism. She is a 10th-generation Jerusalemite with lineage roots also in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. Through integrating the spiritual and political, Hadar creates socially aware art that transforms systems of oppression into ecosystems of liberation and healing. Eva Borgwardt is the political director of IfNotNow, a movement of young American Jews working to organize their community to end U.S. support for Israel's system of apartheid and demand equality, justice and a thriving future for Palestinians and Israelis. Eva has been organizing on Israel/Palestine since 2014, focusing on the American Jewish community, and currently lives in Brooklyn.

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Collective Liberation: Israeli & Palestinian Solidarity

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Collective Liberation: Feminist Solidarity