Making Mensches

Never Again, for Anyone with Stacy and Elly

Join Elana and Jesi from the Making Mensches team for a conversation with Stacy Friedman (she/her) and Elly Stern (she/her), the author and illustrator of new children’s

Judaism and Abolition: No One Is Disposable with Rachel Joy

Join the Making Mensches team (Elana, Jesi/Rocki, and Jessie) and Rachel Joy (they/she) for the third episode of our Judaism and Abolition series!  Rachel is an abolitio

Judaism and Abolition: Grasping at the Root with Ayeola Omolara Kaplan

Join the Making Mensches team (Elana, Jesi/Rocki, and Jessie) and Ayeola Omolara Kaplan for the second episode of our Judaism and Abolition series! Ayeola is a revoluti

Judaism and Abolition: Berries on the Seder Plate

As a note, we discuss colonial violence in its many forms - including sexual and racial violence - in this episode. In the liberatory tradition of pesach, the Making Men

The Torah is (Y)ours with Lexi Kohanski

We are so excited to share this podcast mashup with you! Elana, Jessie, and Jesi of Making Mensches in conversation with the incredible Lexi Kohanski of Torah for Trans L

Becoming a Dream with Aiyana Masla

After a brief pause, we're back and better than ever with the poetic presence of Aiyana Masla! In this episode, Elana, Jessie, and Jesi talk to interdisciplinary artist,

Queering Our Ancestry with Alissa and Patrick

In this episode, we talk to writer, performance artist, and organizational consultant Alissa Schwartz (she/her) and book worker, artist, and publisher Patrick Barber (he/

Composting Our Anger with Liz Awesome

Join Jessie (she/her) and guest interviewer (and beloved Making Mensches collaborator) Jesi (fae/they) for their conversation with artist Liz Awesome (he/him) 🎨 Jessie,

Speaking From Our Bodies with Wes (Wendy Elisheva Somerson)

Hi Mensches! In this episode we’re joined by Wes (Wendy Elisheva Somerson), author of new book An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing: Somatic Practices to Heal

Bringing the World Into Focus with Deatra and Adam

Welcome back, Mensches! Join us for a conversation with Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegal, co-authors of Ashkenazi Herbalism and new book Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing P

We Only Survive This Together with Binya and Xava of Shel Maala

Join Making Mensches for our special conversation with Binya and Xava, creators of Shel Maala Yeshiva - a digital-first queer Yeshiva! We talk about the importance of que

We Already Have the Tools with Joey Ramona

We hope you're as excited as we are for this conversation with Joey Ramona, iconic Toronto based punk rock tattooer, visual artist, and a self-described “weird Jewish pun

Building Jewish Community in Arkansas with Taste of Olam Haba

Join us as we talk to Stephanie (they/them), founder of Taste of Olam Haba, a vibrant Jewish community in Central Arkansas founded in 2021. We discuss the growth of Taste

Depicting Our Ancestors: DWELL Artist Feature with Ayeola, Hadar, Shelby

Join us for an extra special episode with ⁠Ayeola Omolara Kaplan⁠ and ⁠⁠Hadar Cohen⁠, two of the talented artists who created pieces for the ⁠⁠DWELL in Revolution project

Ancestral Connection in Movement Work: Exploring Ushpizine Practice with the DWELL in Revolution Team

Join us for an extra special episode with Micah Bazant and Ollie Schwartz, two of the main organizers of the DWELL in Revolution project, as we discuss the creation proce

History Is Not Innocent with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

For this episode, we are joined by ⁠Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, who graciously talks with us about her recent book, “The Jewelers of the Ummah: A Potential History of the Jewi

back to our roots

we're back after our mid-season hiatus with our first episode in a long time that's just Jessie and Elana! we talk about the present moment and some of our upcoming even

Aligning Our Bodies with Liberation featuring Eliana Rubin

In our midseason finale, we are joined by Eliana Rubin, who talks (among many, many other things) about their new book, “Taking the State out of the Body: A Guide to Embo

Grounding Us In the Divine with Julie Weitz

Golems, Dybukks, Psychedelics, oh my! Today we are joined by Julie Weitz (she/her) - diasporic performance artist, Fulbright Scholar, and co-creator of the Tzitzit Projec

Judaism Loves Fat with Jules Pashall

We are joined by the brilliant Jules Pashall (they/he) for this episode! Jules is a fat, white, trans/queer Jew who holds space as a somatic, creative and spiritual pract