Detours & Destinations

Maya Tevet Dayan – From A Jewish Home to Wandering Jewess

June 9, 2026·51 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In this episode, we sit down with poet Maya Tevet Dayan for a conversation about wandering, belonging, and the search for home. The conversation moves through formative detours, including her mother’s death, a family life lived across continents, and October 7 as a turning point experienced while teaching in the United States. Tevet Dayan speaks about encounters with Jewish communities after October 7, and the questions of exile, home, and responsibility that animate her forthcoming book The Wandering Jewess. She offers thoughtful reflections on identity, displacement, and what it means to imagine a destination in uncertain times. Learn more about Maya’s work www.mayatevetdayan.com Join Maya’s 6 Minutes on Friday, a weekly column with an insight or reflection  https://tinyurl.com/yc3zxkc7   Get Maya’s book  Wherever we float, that’s home Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber Maya was recorded at Shemma Studios Tel Aviv  https://www.shemma.co.il/ 92NY Bronfman Center Events  Producer: Efrat Bigger Content Editor: Maya Gayer  Video Editor: Sean Kennedy  Music By: Shimon Smith  Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.        Producer: Efrat BiggerContent Editor: Maya Gayer Audio Editor: Sean KennedyMusic By: Shimon Smith Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.

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