Spiritual Activism with Rae Abileah, Susala Kay and Cat Zavis

This Monday on Women’s Magazine Lisa Dettmer looks at how spiritual activism can help us deal with being surrounded by so much violence, war, militarism and machismo. I wanted to know how as activists we can practice a spiritual activism in these very hard times and I wanted to learn why practicing spiritual activism is important for the health and success of our movements. To do that I invited three Jewish feminist spiritual activists who I feel have a lot of wisdom to share and who can help us figure out how we can live in integrity and without burn out in these times when there is so little to rejoice about and when we are surrounded by people in power who have so little integrity. I will be joined by: Susala Kay who is a ritualist, facilitator of sacred space, and instigator of eco-feminist beloved community striving towards ending all types of oppression. She lives with disabilities and cares deeply about radical access, power differentials, and liberation. As a JeWitch, and a priestess in the Reclaiming tradition, she has been involved in blending Pagan and eco-feminist Jewish community together since the mid-1990s. She is a co-founder and steward of JeWitch Collective and JeWitch Camp. She co-facilitates monthly in-person Anti-zionist covid-cautious disability justice infused shabbat services for Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Oakland. She is also involved with Richmond Area Mutual Aid and Singing Resistance East Bay. Rabbi Cat Zavis who is the Rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Oakland, California, and is a member of Rabbis for Ceasefire and the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. Rae Abileah who is a member of Rabbis for Ceasefire, an advisory board member of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, and is an organizer with ALAS, Ayudando Latinos a Soñar in Half Moon Bay, California. You can find Rae at:Tzimtzum Community: https://www.tzimtzumcommunity.com/ Resources Article by Rabbi Cat and Kohenet Rae: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/resistance-under-occupation-minneapolis-palestine/ JVP-Bay Area: https://www.instagram.com/jvpbayarea/ Collective for Inclusive Education: https://www.instagram.com/collective4inclusiveed (interfaith network to keep schools inclusive and counter racism and zionism in south bay schools – so important!) Use the Power of Ritual (Principle in the Beautiful Trouble Toolbox): https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/use-the-power-of-ritual The post Spiritual Activism with Rae Abileah, Susala Kay and Cat Zavis appeared first on KPFA.