Maya Braiterman

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Maya Braiterman is a sophomore at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in New York City. Maya is an active member of her school's Debate and Model UN teams, Shakespeare Club, and Theater Program. Outside school, Maya has studied voice for eight years at the Bloomingdale School of Music and regularly performs with the school's Broadway Ensemble. Maya is also actively involved with the youth movement Habonim Dror, feeling deeply connected to its ideals of left-wing Zionism and social activism and spending summers at Camp Moshava. In her free time, Maya enjoys reading, drawing, and listening to her favorite bands. 

Blog Posts

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Exploring Lilith’s Complex Feminism

Maya Braiterman

As a dual symbol of protection and destruction, the ancient Lilith exists as a contradiction.

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No Education Without Representation: Recognizing Women in Jewish Texts

Maya Braiterman

From the tender age of six years old I was surrounded by Torah study, and yet I never felt represented in these stories.

Topics: Bible, Feminism, Talmud
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The Jewish Collective Seen in Star Trek

Maya Braiterman

I enjoyed the show's covert Jewish content throughout the series, but I most appreciated episode eighteen of the second season for its beautiful Holocaust allegory.

Topics: Television
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Marrying Feminism and Judaism in Pluralistic Spaces

Maya Braiterman

Women can only access Judaism's power when we enter a space that allows us to engage with tradition in the way we see fit.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Maya Braiterman." (Viewed on September 13, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/braiterman-maya>.