{"product_id":"an-anti-zionist-path-to-embodied-jewish-healing-somatic-practices-to-heal-historical-wounds-unlearn-oppression-and-create-a-liberated-world-to-come","title":"An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing: Somatic Practices to Heal Historical Wounds, Unlearn Oppression, and Create a Liberated World to Come","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWritten by Dr. Wendy Elisheva Somerson, PhD, this book offers a bold, embodied exploration of Jewish healing that is unapologetically anti-Zionist and deeply rooted in Jewish spiritual traditions. It examines how Jewish history—marked by persecution, antisemitism, and survival—lives on in Jewish bodies as unresolved, intergenerational trauma. Through a body-based, faith-informed lens, the book invites readers to understand how ancestral grief and fear shape present-day identities, relationships, and political realities, including the enactment of power and harm toward others. Healing is framed not only as a personal process, but as a spiritual and political reclamation aimed at liberation, justice, and collective responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eEmbodied Approach to Trauma: Explores how historical and intergenerational trauma is held in the body and offers somatic tools for processing, releasing, and preventing its transmission across generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eJewish Spiritual Framework: Grounds healing practices in Jewish ritual, spirituality, and ethical values, reconnecting faith with care, dignity, and resilience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCritical Engagement with History and Power: Examines the tension between Jewish histories of persecution and the contemporary realities of Israeli state power, encouraging reflective and courageous inquiry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHealing Shame and Identity: Addresses internalized shame related to belonging, assimilation, complicity, and notions of being “too much” or “not enough” within Jewish identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSkills-Based Practices: Provides practical guidance for cultivating safety, resourcing the nervous system, setting spiritually grounded intentions, and navigating difficult conversations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLiberatory Vision: Articulates a vision of Judaism beyond Zionism, inviting readers to reclaim Jewish identity and faith in service of justice, care, and collective liberation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DFGB2H1N\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ North Atlantic Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8889841883\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dermatology Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43221746352191,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/0865\/5679\/files\/8186oIBvwQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778018538","url":"https:\/\/www.ebooksmedical.com\/products\/an-anti-zionist-path-to-embodied-jewish-healing-somatic-practices-to-heal-historical-wounds-unlearn-oppression-and-create-a-liberated-world-to-come","provider":"Ebooks Medical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}