Ashkenazi Herbal Diasporism w/ De...

Ashkenazi Herbal Diasporism w/ Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel

The Jewish Diasporist by Ben, Jordan and Zach

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In this episode, we are joined by Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel, authors of "Ashkenazi Herbalism" and recently: "Woven Roots; Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and their Neighbors in Eastern Europe." Their new book expands on their earlier work by foregrounding the ways plant medicine served as a medium for coexistence in a land that's often only remembered as a place of Jewish suffering.

Through concrete examples, we explored the implications of diaspora for herbal and medicinal traditions. These traditions, often considered backwards and lost to history, can continue to teach us about what it means to be in right relations with all of our neighbors.

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Keywords
decolonialismYiddishherbalismAshkenazieastern Europe