This episode is a live-recorded conversation that Across the Divide held as an event for the local community in Cincinnati, OH on May 29, 2025. The conversation explores the intersections between faith and activism across religious traditions. In it, Jen has a conversation with three local faith leaders and activists–Muslim, Jewish, and Christian. Because this episode was recorded during a live event, the audio and video quality may vary from our typical episodes.

It was a joy to collaborate with the Cincinnati Palestine Solidarity Coalition on this event, a local Cincinnati-based coalition that comes together in solidarity with the struggle for justice, liberation and self-determination of Palestinian and all oppressed people in the world. Special thanks to Mike Madanat and Kristen Annette for helping envision and coordinate this conversation. We are very grateful to the Church of the Advent in Walnut Hills, a curious and creative Episcopal community, for hosting this event. A very special thanks to Megan Suttman and Jacob Taylor for making all of this happen.

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The speakers you hear from in this episode are:

Rev. Abby is a Presbyterian pastor who has mostly served outside traditional congregations and has mostly worked for Catholic organizations... mostly in Cincinnati.

Moshe is a community organizer from Cincinnati and a co-founder and prayer leader for Shema Cincinnati, a pluralistic community of Jews who are working to develop community, religious practice, and political action beyond Zionism, in service to a Judaism rooted in solidarity, compassion, and liberation.

Lena is a Palestinian American health education specialist and co-founder of SILA, a streetwear brand that celebrates identity, resistance, and connection. She was born in the US and raised in Palestine, and is a member of the Cincinnati Palestine Solidarity Coalition.

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Show Notes:

https://linktr.ee/cincypalestinesolidarity

https://www.adventcincy.org/

https://linktr.ee/ShemaCincinnati

https://silamovement.com/collections/for-palestine