Vilna’s Virtual Winter continues with our Israel Beyond the Headlines series. Activist Haviva Ner-David works with Standing Together, an organization focused on Palestinian-Jewish coexistence in Israel. During the Iron Swords War, Standing Together has remained firmly committed to its goals of pursuing justice and equality for all citizens of Israel. Haviva will talk about her life on Kibbutz Hannaton in Israel’s north and her ongoing relationships with her Arab neighbors.
Haviva Ner-David is a writer and post-denominational inter-spiritual rabbi. She is the author of three spiritual journey memoirs, two novels, a children’s book, short stories, essays, a blog on Times of Israel, scholarly articles and a guidebook for engaged couples due out in 2024. Her short story, “Blame,” won the 2016 Lilith Magazine short fiction contest.
Her rabbinic specialties are spiritual companionship, water immersion rituals, wedding and marriage preparation, and coming-of-age ceremonies. She is a founding rabbi of Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body and Soul on Kibbutz Hannaton in the Lower Galilee, where she officiates personalized immersion ritual ceremonies and facilitates group mikveh workshops. As a spiritual companion, she works with individuals and couples and specializes in *dreamwork, inner child work, nature soul work, and general sacred listening.