Transcending Jewish Trauma with Jo Kent Katz
American Jews, Jewish History, Ancestry, Family History, History, Deep Dive, Culture, Politics, Activism, Diaspora Clarissa Marks American Jews, Jewish History, Ancestry, Family History, History, Deep Dive, Culture, Politics, Activism, Diaspora Clarissa Marks

Transcending Jewish Trauma with Jo Kent Katz

Clarissa digs into a topic that has come up in many of the conversations on this podcast; Intergenerational Trauma. The study of this phenomenon is relatively new, but it’s resonated with many Jews whose ancestors’ survived violence and persecution. To take a closer look at this, she talks to Jo Kent Katz, a Therapist, Ritualist, and Political Educator. In 2020, Jo launched a website called “Transcending Jewish Trauma” to help Jews unpack and heal from inherited unconscious beliefs and behaviors associated with ancestral trauma. Included on the website is a map that explores the many manifestations of collective trauma experienced by white Ashkenazi Jews living in the US.

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The Caged Bird Tweets of Freedom: Black Jewish Life and Twitter, with Jesi Taylor Cruz
Deep Dive, Culture, Personal Stories, Activism, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Intersectionality Clarissa Marks Deep Dive, Culture, Personal Stories, Activism, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Intersectionality Clarissa Marks

The Caged Bird Tweets of Freedom: Black Jewish Life and Twitter, with Jesi Taylor Cruz

Clarissa talks to journalist and graduate student of philosophy Jesi Taylor Cruz about her paper “The Caged Bird Tweets of Freedom: On the Digital Hypervisibility of Black Jewish life.” They discuss race and racism in the Jewish community, and the ways in which digital spaces, and Black, Jewish Twitter (Jwitter), in particular, has offered Black Jews a way to build community on a global scale.

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