jewish community builder, fundraiser, and educator.
into kabbalah,
cooking & joy.
“Busy Izzy” Waxman is:
a community leader with a decade’s experience in Jewish leadership, non-profit management, teaching, activism, fundraising, and community organizing
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a mystical miscreant, prophetic wannabe, and queerdo Jewess ready for her next Zohar Girl Summer, with a Kabbalah book collection that’s getting out of control.
Public Speaking
Izzy is a skilled, passionate, funny, engaging public speaker, and is available to lecture, lead interactive workshops, or feature on podcasts on a variety of issues:
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Izzy lectures regularly on Canadian food security, including recent and historical trends, demographic issues, policy issues, causes, and solutions.
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Izzy is available for workshops and lectures on topics in Kabbalah and Hechalot mysticism, especially from queer/feminist perspectives.
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Izzy teaches select topics on the historical foodways of Ashkenazi Jewish people
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Izzy is available to speak on the history, tradition and law of Jewish social action, activism, mutual aid, charity, and philanthropy.