On Shabbat, our Mexican American neighbors informed our largely Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of the results: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had won. 

I have come to understand that no sect is a monolith.

I identified with Blu Greenberg’s stance, as I read it: even if I wouldn’t have an abortion myself, it’s still a valid decision for other women to make.

In order to live up to a name like Judith, we must face our own Holoferneses head on.

On the day of my bat mitzvah, I started to confront my internalized antisemitism and sexism.

I discovered Micah Bazant’s “TimTum: A Trans Jew Zine” in early high school, at a critical juncture (read: identity crisis).

“Are you going to read Torah? We think that’s a boy’s mitzvah.”

My Magen David necklace has transformed from a simple silver chain into an extension of my identity.

One day, I hope to walk into an egalitarian Jewish space with my tallit on my shoulders and my kippah on my head.

Judith Plaskow said, “I am not a Jew in the synagogue and a feminist in the world."

I’ve learned the value of endurance in activism through my experience with Talmud learning.

At camp, every song had a different tune, and for every prayer I knew, there were four more I didn’t.

The simple image of a flower growing in Auschwitz reminded me of the strength and power that hope can carry.

There were no chairs in the women's section of my school's shul. 

This prayer shawl was the antithesis of everything I’d told myself I was supposed to be; it challenged tradition, caught attention, and took up space.

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

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

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

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.

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