My aunt sent a tube to the DNA analyzing company, 23andMe. The results she received identified her as 99% Ashkenazi Jew.

As I learned more about what affirmative action really means for students, my worries turned into a sobering recognition of my privilege.

If tikkun olam is something that we believe in fully, then our work will not be complete until every student is empowered with an equitable education.

I’ve been told that, because I’m not white and because I’m queer, I don’t have to stress about college applications.

Talmud became a channel for me to develop and express my Jewish feminism.

The length of your hemline doesn’t matter as long as you choose it for yourself and you accept those who choose differently.

I was visiting Brooklyn, New York with a group of students in my Reform synagogue’s confirmation class. 

My friend wanted to get arrested, one morning in July, on the curb of the sidewalk along a street east of downtown Houston.

Parsley reminds me of my Judaism.

There are a few stories that you may have heard about the orange on the seder plate.

We were at a school open mic about gun control in the weeks following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.

I expected to feel emotion and attachment to the Kotel. However, despite the burning midday sun, my first visit left me cold.