Anti-Zionist/Diasporist Judaica Roundup!
i know i’m not the only person looking for Antizionist and/or Diasporist Judaica, so i thought i’d put together a roundup of everything i’ve found.
JVP has a list of Social Justice Judaica, which at time of writing has seven (7) stores and one (1) class listed, which are:
Narrow Bridge Candles (not just candles!)
the Radical Jewish Calendar Project (exactly what it sounds like)
Rebekah Erev Studio (Moon Angels Oracle deck and more)
Emily Rosenfeld (Mostly metal Judaica and jewelry)
Lost and Forged (Metalwork from vintage materials)
Advah Designs (Tallitot and art prints)
Bat Sarah Press (specializes in Ketubot and Gematria prints, but now also stocks textile, wood, and ceramic ritual objects, baseball caps, and a couple zines)
Soul Candles for the Days of Awe (this is not a product, this is a class)
Candle Zayde makes custom beeswax ritual candles on a sliding scale.
Big Bubbe Energy makes beeswax ritual candles, besamim for Havdallah, and herbal medicines in the forms of teas and pre-rolls to smoke.
Beheld Ritual Arts makes Shabbat and Havdallah candles, along with other cool stuff that’s not explicitly Judaica.
Corvid Crossing Studio makes Jewish art prints; a bunch of them are explicitly Anti-Zionist.
EmilyKShop also makes radical/leftist Jewish art prints. the artist also crochets custom kippot at this shop.
Diasflora makes art prints, jewelry, t-shirts, stickers, that excellent “Mazal Tov Cocktail / Goodnight Alt-Right” patch you’ve probably seen, and custom Shabbat clock covers.
MirandaCohenMakes makes Jewish Anti-Zionist art prints and laser-cut acrylic Jewish jewelry.
Sol Yael Weis makes Jewish art prints, and donates some of the proceeds to restore olive groves in Palestine and some to rematriate land on northeast Turtle Island.
Ayeloa Omalara Kaplan makes revolutionary surrealist art prints and art t-shirts.
Moon King makes vivid collage art prints and resin jewelry.
Dreaming the World to Come is a great daily planner, as well as a podcast.
The Omer Oracle is another cool oracle deck, with an associated class.
The Omer Oracle, The Liberate Your Seder Haggadeck, and Divining Pleasure: an Oracle for SephErotic Liberation, are available on Taya Mâ’s website.
Hadar Cohen weaves custom tallitot and prayer rugs.
Black Cat Judaica weaves tallitot, tallit bags, and challah covers.
Linke Fligl was a queer Jewish radical Diasporist farm, and they still have several great zines for download.
The Diasporic and Decolonial-Aspiring Jewish Land Tending Passover Zine is available here on Leora Sara’s website.
A Song With Wings is a zine for Shabbat Shirah dedicated to the birds and “re-enchanting interspecies kinship”.
B’Samim Herbal Apothecary sells Jewish herbal medicine, and gifts a portion of annual profits to Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.
Dori Midnight’s Apothecary sells Jewish elixirs and potions.
Chelsea Taxman sells plant essence blends for the Hebrew months and for counting the Omer, and an herbal smoking blend, and other herbal medicines (based on personal consult).
Miknaf Ha’aretz has a shop which sells zines and a coloring book internationally (with additional shipping fees); and the Radical European Jewish Calendar, Linke Fligl t-shirts, Sol Weis’ art prints, and Dori Midnight’s potions and elixirs, to the UK only.
Pushcart Judaica sells accessible and liberatory Judaica, including: zines, posters, tinctures/elixirs/potions, t-shirts, stickers, and more. some of these offerings appear at other stores on this list, but some of it i haven’t seen anywhere else.
Devotaj Sacred Arts Shop sells glamim (golems), amulets, stickers, and the Eht/Aht Netivot Wisdom Oracle deck. they also have a bookshop.
jewdas has a shop which sells Jewish Antifascist t-shirts, pins, and stickers. they also have a Haggadah available for download here.
JVP has a Haggadah and supplements here.
and Nishmat Shoom has a Haggadah.
and since JVP included a class in their list, I’m going to include Tzedek Chicago’s Intro to Judaism Class. Tzedek Chicago also has a bookstore here.
Mika Benesh is an anti-colonial designer who makes ceramic ritual objects (mezuzot, natla cups, and candle holders), metal jewelry, and screenprints.
Megillat Guf (on Instagram) makes Jewish ceramics and hand-painted mirror spells for self-love in Hebrew or Yiddish, and sells them at sliding-scale or on auction to support liberatory causes in Palestine and the US.
Ezra Rose sells zines on itch.io and their art on clothes and stickers on RedBubble.
Tsukunst sells Jewish art prints, posters, and greeting cards; has a few free downloads; and takes commissions for Ketubot and life-cycle pieces on a sliding scale.
Micah Bazant makes Jewish, Anti-Zionist, and queer art prints, as well as a “Zionism = Death” t-shirt.
Zhydovka makes a wide variety of Judaica - Shabbat candle sticks, Channukiot, tallitot gadol, tallitot katan, shofarim, yadim, mezuzot, challah and matzah covers, underwear adorned with the letter Shin, and more. Custom stuff here, Etsy shop here.
Ori Zusha spins tzitzit, makes tallitot, and makes custom amulets, by commission. their email is [email protected].
Val Schlosberg takes custom orders for flamboyant queer ceramic Judaica. you can see more examples of their work on their instagram.
and here’s a zine on how to forage your own ethical etrog & lulav for Sukkot!
please feel free to add to this list! please do not feel free to fuck around. thank you!!
Fury Wren (that’s me) does handspun tzitzit strings, natural or multicolor, in wool and silk and more! also golem needle felties when I have the time. insta is here, email hello @ furywren.com to place an order!
wild to see this on my dash right after answering that ask from @goths-eat-electricity - i do still have some reservations about making lists like this, although the framing of “Anti-Zionist and/or Diasporist” may leave enough room for it to not necessarily be used as a “list of anti-zionist Jewish artists.” i just think folks should be aware of the potential for targeting. that said, many people on this list are friends & mutuals who i know are very public about their politics & would have no issue with it.
i appreciate being included! just want to update that my Redbubble shop closed last year - i do have a Threadless & a (sporadically stocked) Etsy shop.
^ this is a very good point, thank you sheydgarden! everyone on this list, i found by seeing them express their anti-Zionist and/or pro-Diasporist values on public platforms, so i should think including them on this list should be OK. that said, as anyone adds on to this list, please be aware of this risk!
