EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 51 MIN
Maya Tevet Dayan – From A Jewish Home to Wandering Jewess
from Detours & Destinations · host Maya Tevet-Dayan, Rabbi David Ingber
In this episode, we sit down with poet Maya Tevet Dayan for a conversation about wandering, belonging, and the search for home. The conversation moves through formative detours, including her mother’s death, a family life lived across continents, and October 7 as a turning point experienced while teaching in the United States. Tevet Dayan speaks about encounters with Jewish communities after October 7, and the questions of exile, home, and responsibility that animate her forthcoming book The Wandering Jewess. She offers thoughtful reflections on identity, displacement, and what it means to imagine a destination in uncertain times. Learn more about Maya’s work www.mayatevetdayan.com Join Maya’s 6 Minutes on Friday, a weekly column with an insight or reflection https://tinyurl.com/yc3zxkc7 Get Maya’s book Wherever we float, that’s home Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber Maya was recorded at Shemma Studios Tel Aviv https://www.shemma.co.il/ 92NY Bronfman Center Events
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In this episode, we sit down with poet Maya Tevet Dayan for a conversation about wandering, belonging, and the search for home. The conversation moves through formative detours, including her mother’s death, a family life lived across continents, and October 7 as a turning point experienced while teaching in the United States. Tevet Dayan speaks about encounters with Jewish communities after October 7, and the questions of exile, home, and responsibility that animate her forthcoming book The Wandering Jewess. She offers thoughtful reflections on identity, displacement, and what it means to imagine a destination in uncertain times.
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