Rabbi Cat Zavis is a spiritual leader, activist, attorney, and rabbi at Beyt Tikkun — an anti-Zionist Jewish congregation in the Bay Area.

In this episode, we explore the process of untangling Judaism from Zionism — and what it means to reconstruct Jewish moral and spiritual life in the aftermath of deep political and theological rupture.

We discuss her personal journey through social justice work, Jewish education, Palestinian solidarity organizing, and rabbinic leadership, as well as the broader tensions inside contemporary Jewish life.

Topics include:

- childhood moral formation and empathy
- confronting Palestine within Jewish institutions
- "liberal Zionism" and its limits
- fear, propaganda, and institutional pressure
- Jewish identity, empire, and political theology
- moral courage, repair, and spiritual reconstruction

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