Healing in Jerusalem
Description:... Far from home and in search of peace, Leah embarks on a journey to facilitate healing in both her private and public life. An unexpected love story set in tomorrow's Jerusalem. In this hopeful rendition of a Palestinian-Israeli future, Leah's choices ripple through time affecting all that she loves. But love is only the beginning as Leah discovers her power and begins to take up space in both her love life and her community. As a Black Jewish woman, she navigates life differently than her partners and hopes to pass on her wisdom to her ever-curious children. We watch as her untraditional family of six grows to navigate their mixed identities and lean into trusting one another in order to live up to their birth names. At the same time, we see the communities around them begin their parallel healing journey as they build that same level of trust. All of this takes place against a backdrop of an imagined future where technology facilitates collective healing and restores what has been missing: hope.
About this local Vancouver Author
I am of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and I write as a guest on Coast Salish land. When I am not writing, I am a teacher in the public school system with a passion to equip young minds with the ability to (re)claim their past, (re)frame their present and (re)imagine their future. I am also a husband and soon to be a father. Growing up, I slowly became aware of my many privileged, intersecting identities and how those privileges have and continue to cause harm to others. I have chosen to write this first novel about the Israeli-Palestinian relationship as a Jew living on the other side of the ocean. I wanted to use my voice to begin the dialogue on (re)imagining what a just Jewish future can look like. My dream is to see Jews work together in dialogue with other groups towards decolonizing our relationship with land as we move towards our collective liberation. I write as a form of healing and I implore other Jews with a passion for justice to continue writing in the tradition of Jewish Futurisms while we together imagine just futures for our people.
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