Rachel Wahba

The Slippery Slope of Jew-‘ish’

All my life, I was informed it was not ok to be a Jew or identify as “Jew”. However, it was the only national identity I had. I was a...

Malignancy in California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

A mandatory course in Ethnic Studies is being unveiled in California public high schools, forcing us to witness a new form of...

Child Sexual Abuse is no Joke Ms. Streisand

Barbra Streisand isn’t the only one who thinks survivors of sexual abuse are doing just fine if they manage to grow up and have a life....

Rachel Wahba is a writer, psychotherapist, and co-founder of Olivia Travel/Companies. An Iraqi -Egyptian Jew, born in India, she grew up in Japan.

The many dimensions of

displacement and exile are a constant theme in her work as a writer, therapist, and in her activism as a Mizrahi Jew who grew up stateless.