...AND THIS WOULD BE MOSHIACH - Leo Rose Rodriguez
"The State of Israel is founded on mythology, and a myth is an incredibly powerful thing...the myths we tell about ourselves, about our communities, and about others, have the capacity to give life or to take it..."
In ...AND THIS WOULD BE MOSHIACH, Leo Rodriguez's follow-up to ERETZ: JEWISH POEMS FOR PALESTINE, the author reflects on one year bearing witness to, and organizing against, Israel's genocide in Gaza. Through poems, essays, and a sprinkling of midrash, Rodriguez weaves a path that stretches back to the origins of Zionism, through their own complex religious and political journey, into the present-day horrors of the Israeli occupation. They wrestle with their place in the ethnoreligious hierarchy of America, explore grief and activism as spiritual pathways, and offer a vision of the future defined by interfaith solidarity. "I hope," Rodriguez writes, "to peel away the destructive false narratives that have been told to us about Israel, about Jews, about Palestinians...I am an anti-Zionist Jew. We are not a myth. A Judaism free of Zionism, free of Israel, is not a myth. Jewish-Muslim solidarity and love is not a myth."
All proceeds from this title will be donated to Operation Olive Branch.
Operation Olive Branch is a volunteer led grassroots collective effort dedicated to connecting with and amplifying Palestinian voices. Our mission is to support their critical needs including, but not limited to, mutual aid.
https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch
Release Date: October 29, 2024
64 pages
"The State of Israel is founded on mythology, and a myth is an incredibly powerful thing...the myths we tell about ourselves, about our communities, and about others, have the capacity to give life or to take it..."
In ...AND THIS WOULD BE MOSHIACH, Leo Rodriguez's follow-up to ERETZ: JEWISH POEMS FOR PALESTINE, the author reflects on one year bearing witness to, and organizing against, Israel's genocide in Gaza. Through poems, essays, and a sprinkling of midrash, Rodriguez weaves a path that stretches back to the origins of Zionism, through their own complex religious and political journey, into the present-day horrors of the Israeli occupation. They wrestle with their place in the ethnoreligious hierarchy of America, explore grief and activism as spiritual pathways, and offer a vision of the future defined by interfaith solidarity. "I hope," Rodriguez writes, "to peel away the destructive false narratives that have been told to us about Israel, about Jews, about Palestinians...I am an anti-Zionist Jew. We are not a myth. A Judaism free of Zionism, free of Israel, is not a myth. Jewish-Muslim solidarity and love is not a myth."
All proceeds from this title will be donated to Operation Olive Branch.
Operation Olive Branch is a volunteer led grassroots collective effort dedicated to connecting with and amplifying Palestinian voices. Our mission is to support their critical needs including, but not limited to, mutual aid.
https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch
Release Date: October 29, 2024
64 pages
"The State of Israel is founded on mythology, and a myth is an incredibly powerful thing...the myths we tell about ourselves, about our communities, and about others, have the capacity to give life or to take it..."
In ...AND THIS WOULD BE MOSHIACH, Leo Rodriguez's follow-up to ERETZ: JEWISH POEMS FOR PALESTINE, the author reflects on one year bearing witness to, and organizing against, Israel's genocide in Gaza. Through poems, essays, and a sprinkling of midrash, Rodriguez weaves a path that stretches back to the origins of Zionism, through their own complex religious and political journey, into the present-day horrors of the Israeli occupation. They wrestle with their place in the ethnoreligious hierarchy of America, explore grief and activism as spiritual pathways, and offer a vision of the future defined by interfaith solidarity. "I hope," Rodriguez writes, "to peel away the destructive false narratives that have been told to us about Israel, about Jews, about Palestinians...I am an anti-Zionist Jew. We are not a myth. A Judaism free of Zionism, free of Israel, is not a myth. Jewish-Muslim solidarity and love is not a myth."
All proceeds from this title will be donated to Operation Olive Branch.
Operation Olive Branch is a volunteer led grassroots collective effort dedicated to connecting with and amplifying Palestinian voices. Our mission is to support their critical needs including, but not limited to, mutual aid.
https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch
Release Date: October 29, 2024
64 pages