If there is one episode you listen to this season, let it be this one. It revolves around these questions: how do we heal the world? How do we practice love?

Today, we're speaking with Hadar Cohen, an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic, and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. Hadar comes from a 10th-generation Jerusalem family with lineage roots in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, and Iran.

Hadar's story is one that we don’t often hear in the mainstream conversations in the Global North, because she comes from the Sephardic Jewish lineage: the branch of Judaism that originated in Spain at the time of Moorish Al Andalus, more closely related to the traditions of the Near East, rather than Europe.

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What you’ll learn in this episode:The Jewish mystical concept of tikkun olam, repairing the worldHow Judaism is rooted in social justiceWhat it means to be an Arab JewHow spirituality gives us the courage to face injusticeWhat Sephardic Jews have in common with their Muslim peersDifferences between Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrahi JewsThe erasure of Arab Jews from the region's historyWhat is Jewish anti-ZionismDebunking the myth of 'Arabs versus Jews'How Hadar uses her platform to heal the worldHadar's research in Andalusia and MoroccoWhat it was like growing up Syrian Arab Jew in Jerusalem

Featured on the show:Follow @hadarcohen32 on InstagramListen to Hadar's podcast, Hadar's WebLearn more about Hadar's work on her websiteRead Hadar's writing on SubstackCheck out the Tikkun Olam episode on the On Being showWatch Edward Said's 1991 interview

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Erscheinungs­datum: 26.11.2025, 12:00:00