Matt Nussman

Matthew Nussman is a graduate student in Jewish Studies and an editorial assistant at Zeek.

Faith and Practice

Families, Holy and... there is no other kind: A Jewish Ayahuasca Journey

I saw, behind my father, his father, and his father, and his. I saw, behind him and to his left, his mother, and her parents, and hers. Stretching backward in time, I saw generations of my ancestors, not in any particular detail, but like a phalanx of men and women supporting me and holding me. And then, above and behind my father, I had a vision of something that felt like the God of our ancestors, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob