Adina Ikeman

Adina (Amber) Ikeman (she/her) is a singer, songwriter, cantorial soloist and RRC student. She is white, Ashkenazi, straight-sized and cis-gender. Adina has toured all over the United States and Canada with three albums of original music. Images from her years as a dishwasher and tour guide in Yellowstone National Park and cantorial soloist in Bozeman, Mont., give a living backdrop to her lyrics of self-discovery, resilience and wildness. Songs from of her first full-length album, “Rise,” earned the 2017 Vic Heyman Songwriting Award from the South Florida Folk Festival and the 2018 John O’Hara Singer-Songwriter Performance Award. Adina has presented musical workshops on body liberation and mental health for organizations around the country, including Girls, Inc., ALEPH and Montana State University. Hear more at: amberikeman.com.

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Sunrise over mountains with a bright sunburst, soft orange sky, and layered silhouettes of hills.

Jewish Teaching About Fat Liberation: You Can’t Photoshop Fat People Out of the Image of God

March 17, 2025

How can we unlearn the harmful teachings society places upon us and move toward liberation for fat people — and therefore, for all people?

Adina Ikeman

Essays

Jewish Teaching About Fat Liberation: You Can’t Photoshop Fat People Out of the Image of God

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