The 2019-2020 Rising Voices Fellows reflect on their time in the Fellowship and on their collaborative zine-making process.

Perfection is the goal and trying is the consequence.

As too many Jewish women find their allegations unheard and unaddressed, I am responsible to amplify those female voices.

Writing in my journal is not only a way for me to process my feelings; it's also a way for me to keep a record for the future.

When I think back on mornings spent sitting on a stool in the kitchen before school, pouting as my mother detangled my thick hair, I’m glad she wrestled those knots for me. 

In March, my RVF piece about Ray Frank went up on the blog; however, parts of this blog post trouble me.

Antisemitism is, unfortunately, not a unique response to a pandemic.

Of all the interview questions I’d prepared for, I didn’t think of this one: "Why are you a writer?”

I tend to have more questions than answers when it comes to God.

In my notebook, I recount anecdotes that bear the mark of the past I am reckoning with today.

To see everything as holy, to be amazed by the simple, beautiful things in the world, not only brings me happiness; it also inspires me to fight for justice.

With "Since Parkland," I tried to celebrate other kids' lives and acknowledge the failures that ended them.

Every time she speaks, it’s as if my grandmother, my bubbe, is delivering an address.

Girls today are given an image of what an ideal body should look like on social media, and our introduction into womanhood and knowing our bodies is through the lens of fixing it.

Because my life has virtually become virtual, writing is now one of my primary means of connecting.