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Ex-israeli/ex-zionist soldier meital yaniv was born into a sephardic, arab-jewish, and ashkenazi lineage of Holocaust survivors, in/famous war heroes and pillars for the state of israel. In this talk they narrate their path towards reconciliation and non-violence, dedicating their life to a prayer for the liberation of the land of Palestine and the lands of our bodies. Join us in conversation as we learn from meital’s distinctive perspective, and interrogate what it means to practice liberation during this holy time of Passover.

meital yaniv (b. 1984, Tel-Aviv, israel) is learning how to be in a human form. they do things with words, with moving and still images, with threads, with bodies in front of bodies, with the Earth. they are a death laborer tending to a prayer for the liberation of the land of Palestine and the lands of our bodies. they keep Fires and submerge themselves in Ocean and Sea Water often. yaniv is learning to listen to the Waters, birdsongs, caretakers, and ancestors as they walk as a guest on the home and gathering place of the Cahuilla-ʔívil̃uwenetem Meytémak, Tongva-Kizh Nation, Luiseño-Payómkawichum, and Serrano-Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga'yam. yaniv is the author of bloodlines. They make offerings through true name collective.