Tribal understandings: Jewish and Navajo spiritual leaders speak of sacred lands
A Reform rabbi, a Navajo medicine man and a professor walk into a museum.
A Reform rabbi, a Navajo medicine man and a professor walk into a museum.
Yvette Melanson is a woman who might say the Sh\’ma before going to sleep, and in the morning light whisper the Navajo prayer, \”May I walk happily and lightly on the earth.\” Both are deeply felt, authentic expressions of her soul. As she explains, \”I know that I\’m Jewish. I feel Jewish. I\’ve been raised Jewish. I\’m also Navajo.\”