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Rejecting Assimilation with Magic: An Interview with Jewitches

JL;DR SUMMARY Zohare Jacobi, through her Jewitches platform and Los Angeles shop Diasporic Magic, addresses young Jews' hunger for spiritual connection by reviving Jewish folk traditions and countering the distortion and commercialization of Jewish mysticism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityJewish SpiritualityKabbalahAssimilationMysticismJewitchesZohare JacobiDiasporic MagicJewish Folk TraditionsNew Age Appropriation

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"In February 2025, Jacobi opened Diasporic Magic, a physical storefront in a Los Angeles suburb dedicated to Jewish folk traditions and community-building."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The Kabbalah Centre in Tel Aviv, attending classes and spiritual pilgrimages."

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