Yuval is an Israeli, anti-zionist Jew, an artist, a writer, a dancer but most importantly — a human. He hosts the Emergent Wisdom podcast, which explores current events and the challenges of being human through the lens of ecology and mysticism. He is dedicated to the liberation of love, land, and Eros — which we talk about in this episode.

Hearing Yuval speak is at once grounding and uplifting. As we acknowledge the horrors of colonialism and genocide, Yuval invites us to stay connected to our souls, each other, and the Earth. I love that he describes the inherently contradictory nature of being human as a cosmic dance, a dance that can and will bring us all to collective liberation.

Yuval’s experience growing up in Israel and serving in the Israeli military provides unique insight into Zionism and his path to liberation from Zionism. He gives me hope that we as humanity can keep joining together until we are all free.

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Liz is the president of AAP(I belong), a nonprofit organization that aims to raise greater awareness on Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander discrimination and cultural challenges. Liz created AAP(I belong) after her mother was attacked — for being Asian. We talk about the way that the Asian American identity is structured to be successful and how we are gaslit to think that we are only subjected to so-called micro aggressions, all the while being constantly reminded that we are foreign and do not really belong. Liz talks about the “pie of racism” —all racism is connected. She could see the thread connecting the murder of George Floyd to the Atlanta spa shootings to the attack on her mother. We need to keep talking about racism, including defining racism as an ideology that is separate from individuals. Sometimes we can all get caught up with claiming how not-racist we are, that we end up enabling and upholding the system itself. I admire that Liz has been able to alchemize the trauma of her mother — and of herself — to build community, to educate, and to envision a more inclusive future where we are all free. Please enjoy, the very resilient — Liz.

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