Our Story
Here’s space to share a little intro/thesis about how this project came to be and how it exists within a web of care. Rem veritatis facere ut tenetur voluptates et quaerat adipisci aut impedit dicta sed atque atque est eius quos. Eum internos magnam sed voluptas corrupti ut quidem voluptas vel pariatur quia qui dolores odio eos quas magnam hic iste neque.
Narrow Bridge Candles is an Anti-Zionist project started in 2009 by jonah aline daniel that continues to uplift Boycott as one of many resistance strategies. Narrow Bridge Candles unequivocally supports the right of Palestinians to self determine their future and their own strategies of resistance, whatever those may be.
Narrow Bridge Candles donates 7-10% of each and every sale to trusted organizing efforts within our network.
When jonah’s father died in 2009, they wanted to honor his memory and their grief through the traditional ritual of lighting a Shiva candle. The only Shiva candle available was made in “Israel." In that moment, "Israel's" monopoly on Judaica broke their heart, adding the tremendous weight of participation in Palestinian genocide to their already overwhelming loss.
In 2010, Narrow Bridge Candles was established to uplift the 2005 International Call from Palestine to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction “Israel.” Jonah wanted to tell a story in which Jews are not bound to a nation built on oppression, or the building of a nation at all, but instead kindle our traditions of radicalism and justice wherever we are. Narrow Bridge Candles seeks to create space for ritual with integrity and liberatory potential while materially supporting movement work. For more information on the Palestinian BDS movement, visit BDSmovement.net
Community Support Model
Narrow Bridge Candles operates on a community-supported business model to sustain our rural queer disabled candlemaker. Membership gets people seasonal access to buying candles from the website, contributing to a living wage for jonah and the other amazing workers who sustain this project. Additionally, the membership model enables jonah and others to dedicate time and resources to many community efforts including but not limited to mentoring community members in effective grassroots fundraising for Palestinians in Gaza, and sharing art and political education projects.
In the Wake of Oct 7th
Since the intensified Zionist genocide in Gaza began in October 2023, we have incorporated lifesaving mutual aid fundraising work into Narrow Bridge Candles to support the basic needs of Palestinians in Gaza surviving attempted genocide. We understand the work of keeping people alive to be powerful and essential resistance to genocide.
May our hearts burn collectively with passion and commitment to justice.
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