Nadav Davida letter to my past self (and to my loved ones): on gaza, ferguson and beyond: oct 2014 (written…Image Description: On the left, a photo from 2014 of me leading a Holocaust Remembrance Day event, wearing a Never Forget t-shirt, with my…Jan 51Jan 51
Nadav DavidRosh Hashanah Kavanah (Intention) on Community Care: 5783 / 2022I shared these words at Nehar Shalom in Jamaica Plain (Boston) for the second day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Rabbi Leora Abelson…Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022
Nadav DavidTo Transform Our Economic System, We Need to Challenge InheritanceAdapted from Dvar Torah for Parshat Pinchas (July 2020)Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Nadav DavidHigh Holiday 5780/2019 Community Safety ReflectionsReflections on safety + security after coordinating with Kavod high holiday safety teams as alternatives to hiring police + private…Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Nadav DavidMizrahim (Arab Jews) in Israel: Challenges of Identity in Overcoming State OppressionThis piece was adopted from a research paper I wrote for a course at Northeastern University titled “Race, Ethnicity, and Religion: The…Dec 7, 2018Dec 7, 2018
Nadav DavidGrasping our Past towards a Liberated Future*This essay is based on my remarks at a Vigil at the New England Holocaust Memorial after the Memorial was vandalized for a second time…Nov 14, 2017Nov 14, 2017
Nadav DavidA (incomplete & ever-changing) Response from the Misidentified*This essay is based on my remarks at a panel discussion titled “What Are You: A Response from the Misidentified” with other members of the…Nov 14, 2017Nov 14, 2017
Nadav DavidThe Flying Camel: Essential Narratives on Jewish Identity from Mizrahi (North African + Middle…This piece is adopted from a paper I wrote as part of a series of essays on Mizrahi (Jews from Middle Eastern, Arab and North African…Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017
Nadav David“Traditional” American Jewish Literature and its Limitations: Looking Beyond the Shtetl and the…This piece is adopted from a research paper I wrote as part of a series of essays on Mizrahi (Middle Eastern, Arab and North African Jews)…Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017