Even after the hardest, most boring, or most heart-wrenching weeks, Shabbat is calmly awaiting me at the end.

From the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band's story, I learned to be wary of putting myself in a box and labeling my “brand” of feminism.

I was en route to Gadna, a military simulation run by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for camp groups, gap year programs, and high school semesters abroad.

Last March, as I prepared to visit Holocaust sites as part of my high school semester in Israel, I braced myself.