While walking along the American River this late May afternoon, several familiar faces appeared. If you look closely, you will see wild rose (royz or urd or shoshana), st. john's wort (shedim sheets), plantain (babke), and a mullein (kvoyre menoyres), all important plant allies for the many folk healing cultures in the Pale of Settlement. Find out more in Ashkenazi Herbalism (North Atlantic Books, 2021) and our forthcoming, Woven Roots (North Atlantic Books, coming June 3, 2025). We're so looking forward to sharing these stories with you!
