From Los Angelesto Iraqi Kurdistanto the Bay Area,I work to makeJewish life thriveby building things people can use.

I was born in Los Angeles in 1990. By thirteen, I was already in UCLA classrooms. My life had accelerated before I knew how to name it.

• Los Angeles Times, 2002 archive
• Los Angeles Times, 1997 archive

At 14, I was on the streets after I was kicked out of my home for being gay. Survival came first. I built a life after that.

I first went to Iraqi Kurdistan in 2010 at nineteen. I later lived in Erbil for years. I bought a house there. I worked as a software engineer. I built Museum of Ours. I gave tours. Authorities expelled me in 2022.

• In Iraqi Kurdistan, a one-man museum celebrates the region's Jewish history and ethnic diversity
• Founder of Jewish museum expelled from Iraqi Kurdistan
• The Jews of Kurdistan: A Land of Jewish Heritage, and Potential Reconciliation
• Breakfast Club – Levi Meir Clancy from Museum of Ours

After Iraq, I began building my life around Judaism. In the Bay Area, I organize Jewish programs. I also make exhibitions. I help fund events that matter to me. I join coalitions when the work demands it.

• J. Bay Area Leading Light mention
• Havda-Ooh-La-La / Nice Jewish Boys SF exhibition
• The LUNAR Collective team page

Today I photograph Jewish life. I organize events in the Bay Area. I write about the places I know. I build software. I study Jewish nonprofit management at Hebrew Union College. I founded Etza Analytics. I also built This Jewish Day. The app places today inside the Hebrew calendar and the Jewish past.

• This Jewish Day on the App Store
• Etza
• Unsplash profile
• Levi Meir Clancy at Times of Israel: The Blogs