The Union
Published on December 30, 2025
This article by Shiri Villarreal describes how sound healing performer Mikey Pauker was cancelled from facilitating an ecstatic dance event in Nevada City after his Jewish identity was framed as a “safety concern.” Villarreal exposes how excluding Jews from communal and spiritual spaces under the guise of values or inclusion is not neutrality but discrimination—racism that would be immediately condemned if any other group were treated the same way.