Shabatt with Albany Jewish Voice for Peace

On Friday June 12, Albany Jewish Voice for Peace held a community anti-Zionist Shabbat, coming together as a community to share food, commit to radical solidarity and intersectionality, to support a free Palestine, and to build a Jewish community not centered on or dependent on Israel or Zionism. JVP was heartbroken to see the legal structures that have enabled Black political representation, and access to public space for trans people, being deconstructed by a fascist movement. This month service honored the resilience, leadership, and sumud of Black, Trans, Queer, Disabled, and Indigenous voices in our movements for liberation here at home, and in Palestine. The D'var was led by Jeid Ebanks, a Black and Queer Capitol District nurse and activist who shared reflections and poetry from her time volunteering in the West Bank and Gaza. At their dinner, we talked to Professor Larry Wittner, Ava Agree, Lanny Wilson, Branda Miller, and Jeid Ebanks. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.