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…6 min read·Jan 5, 2024--1--1
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…5 min read·Oct 3, 2022----
Nadav DavidTo Transform Our Economic System, We Need to Challenge InheritanceAdapted from Dvar Torah for Parshat Pinchas (July 2020)4 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Dec 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…14 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Nov 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…13 min read·Jun 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)…11 min read·Jun 16, 2017----