Wendy Kenin

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Oct 16, 2015, 9:47 AM

May Hashem Avenge Their Blood

When the press covers attacks on Jews with headlines primarily about questionable local responses to Arabs, the message that comes across is that murdering Jews is not so bad and defending Jews from violence is offensive. When individuals hold an...

Sep 17, 2015, 10:21 AM

No miracle, but Pope Francis will canonize Junipero Serra, friar responsible for indigenous genocide

In May 2014, during is visit to Israel, Pope Francis assured the Jewish world that the beatification of Pope Pius XII would not move forward because, “There’s still no miracle,” he said. “If there are no miracles, it can’t go...

Oct 12, 2014, 11:27 AM

Sacred Sites and Sacred Rites: Earth-connected Spirituality from the Jewish New Year through ‘Jewish Mother’s Day’

View from an Ecofeminist Jewess The annual cycles in the Jewish calendar provide a constant rhythm for introspection, connectivity, and celebration and the crescendo of the Jewish New Year plays a significant part. Rituals that involve animal horns, naturally occurring...

Jan 17, 2014, 11:46 AM

Indigenous peoples object to Palestinian redwashing

Colorful BDS campaigns reflect on Israel’s rainbow of diversity, shed light on Indigenous solidarity with the ancient Jewish people. Today I am trying to find ways to understand the United Nations declaration that 2014 is “The International Year of Solidarity...

Apr 23, 2013, 10:20 PM

US Immigration Reform, Border Security, and America’s Indigenous: Who has the most to lose? What can be done?

Perhaps the ones who are losing the most are the ones who the United States federal government has been aggressing on the longest. Very likely the ones who are losing the most are those with stories that are least...

Dec 27, 2012, 3:12 PM

The indigenous calling for Jewish solidarity with Canada’s “Idle No More” social movement

The Jewish people are all too familiar with discriminatory policies from oppressive governments. So when we see that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper actively supports Israel as a Jewish state and simultaneously leads state repression against Canada’s First Nations...

Dec 8, 2012, 11:39 PM

Imeinu? Our Mother

According to Jewish tradition, parents receive one sixtieth of prophesy when choosing the name for their child. The doulas and allies with Imeinu who selected this name “Imeinu” – Hebrew for “Our Mother” – may have been blessed with something similar...

Aug 22, 2012, 3:45 PM

Redeeming humanity: The Jewish approach to women

Women are at the center of Jewish life, and need to be central in the Jewish environmental and social change movement. Jewish women -- as a collective entity -- must draw lessons from the global conversation on economic development,...

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About Me

Wendy Kenin is a childbirth doula and mother of 5 in Berkeley, California. She produces ecofeminist Judaica, is founder of Imeinu Birth Collective, is a social media consultant, co-chair of the Green Party’s national newspaper Green Pages, and a member of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. Wendy is a member of the editorial board of Jewcology, and serves on the leadership circle of Canfei Nesharim.