COLLECTION NAME:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Record
Collection Name:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Title:
Interview with Ima Ari
Title Type:
Devised Title
Name:
Espinola, Rose
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
interviews
Date Created:
2023-05-03
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 online resource (1 video file, 1 hour, 27 min., 53 sec.)
Form:
digital moving image formats
Abstract:
A recorded zoom interview taken by Rose Espinola (interviewer) of Ima Ari (interviewee) for the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum oral history project on May 3, 2023. Topics include: Ashkenazi Jewish and Turtle Island indigenous heritage, DNA testing, midwives, genocide, fear, diaspora, indigenous boarding schools, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, singing, earth-based practice, food, and the experience of being mix-race.
Note:
00:00:00 Rose Espinola (interviewer) introduces Ima Ari (interviewee) and the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum research project. 00:00:25 Ari discusses when and where they were born. 00:01:13 Ari discusses why they spent so much time in a variety of neighborhoods. 00:02:32 Ari discusses how their parents built community for them in their Jewish community and Chavurah, and how they built community for themselves. 00:03:50 Ari discusses their ancestry. They discuss their mother?s Jewish heritage and their fathers indigenous Turtle Island and Irish/Scottish heritage. 00:05:04 Ari discusses the ethics of DNA testing and approaching the results of family members DNA testing. 00:08:07 Ari discusses what their experience being pregnant was like. They discuss being pro-choice, health, midwifery, genocide, White Ashkenazi Jewish culture, and Ina May Gaskin. 00:13:41 Ari discusses fear and pregnancy in the Jewish tradition and the kohenet community. 00:17:28 Ari discusses fear and pregnancy how it relates to their ancestors and genocide in the Jewish and indigenous histories. 00:21:51 Ari discusses what it means for them to be both Jewish and Indigenous. They discuss topics of diaspora, genocide, indigenous boarding schools, suicide, drug abuse, stereotypes, their native language, and assimilation. 00:29:05 Ari discusses what they learned about being indigenous from their father and family. They discuss, sewing, cooking, and being connected to the natural world. 00:32:47 Ari discusses who was there with them during their labor and birth. 00:37:57 Ari discusses brining in Jewish and Indigenous traditions in their birth and postpartum experience. They discuss dealing with mastitis and the community they had around them. 00:43:00 Ari discusses examples of traditional ceremonies they would have done if they had known about them at the time. They discuss the Oh?n:ton Karihwat?hkwen ceremony, grief rituals, healing ceremonies, and earth-based practices. 00:49:53 Ari discusses other traditional resources they wish they had access to. They discuss spiritual leaders, mikveh, and plant medicines. 00:51:42 Ari discusses the songs they sang during labor. They discuss Jewish and Reggae songs. 00:54:13 Ari discusses other prayers they used during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:58:11 Ari discusses when they first encountered items that ended up being significant for them through their pregnancy and postpartum. 01:01:14 Ari discusses food and pregnancy. They discuss eating meat again after being vegan for a long time. 01:06:57 Ari discusses body work they received. 01:08:51 Ari discusses significant pieces of clothing they wore during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. They discuss clothing passed down from her mother, Hamsa and Magen David jewelry, and being two or three-spirit. 01:13:43 Ari discusses they ways in which they carried their baby postpartum. 01:16:32 Ari discusses family heirlooms. 01:21:16 Ari discusses genetic testing and pregnancy. 01:22:38 Ari discusses their experience being mixed-race. 01:27:53 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Subject Topic:
Jews
Subject Topic:
Singing
Subject Topic:
Genocide
Subject Topic:
Jewish diaspora
Subject Topic:
Indigenous diaspora
Subject Topic:
Ashkenazim
Subject Topic:
Biracial people
Subject Topic:
Pregnancy
Subject Topic:
Puerperium
Subject Topic:
Two-Spirit identity
Subject Topic:
DNA--Testing
Subject Geographic:
Turtle Island (North America) (nation)
Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_ariima_interview.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 5093
Related Item:
Transcript from interview with Ima Ari
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_ariima_transcript.pdf
Date Captured:
2023
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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