Dr. Micah Ben David Naziri is a scholar, author, and community activist whose work bridges Jewish and Muslim traditions through the Hashlamah Project Foundation, which he founded to foster grass-roots reconciliation between Jews and Palestinian Muslims. A specialist in Near Eastern languages, history and religions, he holds multiple graduate degrees in religious studies and conflict resolution and is training for Rabbinical s’mikhah ordination. Descended from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Naziri is also a lineage-holder and “Keeper of the Light” of the Tariqat ʿIsāwiyyah Judeo-Sufi order and is the sole teacher of the “Magen David” system of Krav Maga outside Israel. An instructor in multiple Asian martial arts systems and an award-winning educator, his interdisciplinary work explores the historical, linguistic, and spiritual connections uniting the peoples of the Near East and the diaspora. If you found this work edifying, clarifying, or constructive, please DONATE NOW to support it. Dr. Naziri’s research, writing, and reconciliation-centered activism—grounded in doctoral research on the persistence of Jewish–Muslim reconciliatory activism under conditions of threat and informed by my lineage as a direct descendant of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov—are produced ; reader support directly sustains independent scholarship and durable reconciliation work, and sharing, commenting on, and forwarding this piece also meaningfully helps. Learn more at https://aura.antioch.edu/etds/542/, https://hashlamah.com, and https://hashlamah.co.il Donation options: CashApp: $MicahNaziri Venmo: Micah-Naziri Zelle: 937-671-8334 PayPal: [email protected]
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