{"id":1453,"date":"2023-03-20T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:44:09","slug":"inclusive-british-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/inclusive-british-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive British Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScLf36fuxtL4n2yG9xwOWuwhMlnXez41rCqWKRSXF3qcRWOkA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\">Please respond to this survey <\/a>to get involved in a project about multi-ethnic British Jewish identities. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/mixed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jew of Bene Israel (Indian) heritage<\/a>, I am looking to hear from other British Jews (or people with mixed heritage) who have identities beyond the Ashkenazi \/ Iberian Sephardi experience. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa-300x166.png\" alt=\"A photo from the 1970s of two older Indian grandparents and their grandson. \" class=\"wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/me-in-70s-with-nana-and-popa.png 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>My grandparents and I in the 70s &#8211; All Rights Reserved <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We want to explore these &#8216;hidden&#8217; histories and explore Jewish identities beyond &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashkenormativity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashkenormativity<\/a>&#8216;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are Mizrahi, Jewmaican, Beta Israel; practising or not;  or describe yourself as both Black, Brown, Mixed AND if you also see yourself as a British Jew, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScLf36fuxtL4n2yG9xwOWuwhMlnXez41rCqWKRSXF3qcRWOkA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">we&#8217;d love to hear from you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking to explore Jewish inclusivity by doing the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creating (non-commercial) resources for schools about these histories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An interview Podcast, exploring the complexities of identity, history and culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing ideas and partnerships to share these experiences with museums and historians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScLf36fuxtL4n2yG9xwOWuwhMlnXez41rCqWKRSXF3qcRWOkA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get involved by clicking here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Notes:<br><\/strong><em>We have no opinion regarding religious practice. We recognise patrilineal Jewish identity &#8211; and if you feel it, you are always &#8216;Jewish enough&#8217; for us. Equally, we are open to more orthodox voices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At this time, we are <strong>not<\/strong> looking to collect and curate individual family histories.<br>Involvement would be voluntary and non-commercial &#8211; so no fees or payments are possible &#8211; at this time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This work will explore issues of colonisation, racism, colourism, and tensions within the Jewish community, as well as beyond it. If you feel uncomfortable with these conversations &#8211; this might not be the right thing for you.<\/em><br><em>We will try to stay clear of issues around Palestinian\/Israeli current affairs (for obvious reasons!).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please respond to this survey to get involved in a project about multi-ethnic British Jewish identities. As a Jew of Bene Israel (Indian) heritage, I am looking to hear from other British Jews (or people with mixed heritage) who have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/inclusive-british-jews\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[264,241,265,263],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-eylan","tag-antiracist","tag-bene-israel","tag-inclusive-judaism","tag-jewish-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2vDki-nr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}