Ep 55: Sukkot, Shelter, and Sacrifice

In this week’s episode, April and Tracie mark Sukkot and discuss themes around shelter, safety and security, and sacrifice, and the trade-offs that exist which this holiday helps to illuminate for us.

Content warning: descriptions of animal slaughter/sacrifice

Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode:  https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-55

Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com

Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/

Read more of Tracie's thoughts at her blog, bmoreincremental.com

Learn more about Sukkot here:https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/sukkot-101/

Check out, This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared, by Alan Lew, here: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/alan-lew/this-is-real-and-you-are-completely-unprepared/9780316739085/

Learn more about the Shmita year here: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/what-is-shemita-the-sabbatical-year/

Learn more about MaNishtana (Rabbi Shais Rishon) here: https://manishtana.net/

Check out Brené Brown’s work on fragility here: https://brenebrown.com/

April and Tracie talk about Aurora Levins Morales’ forthcoming poem “Do Not Rise,” in which the poet unpacks the idea of “please rise” during worship and offers an alternate, earth-based, downward-striving spirituality. Learn more about Aurora Levins Morales here: http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/