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Still Here, Still Singing
It’s the Shabbos before my wedding. Friday night. I’m sitting on the porch next to a pair of shoes that…
The Legacy of The Bat Mitzvah
This essay is brought to The Layers Project Magazine through a partnership with Matan. I have been thinking a lot…
Breaking and Rebuilding
Written by Shira Lankin Sheps & Rachel Hercman One year ago, on October 27, 2018, The Tree of Life synagogue…
Torah Learning At Any Stage
This essay is brought to The Layers Project Magazine through a partnership with Matan- The Sadie Rennert Women’s Institute for…
Rachelle’s Story: When A Nation Unites
THIS PROFILE IS BROUGHT TO THE LAYERS PROJECT MAGAZINE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH MATAN, IN HONOR OF THEIR 30TH-YEAR ANNIVERSARY DINNER CHOL…
Chaya’s Story: Fighting Harder, Hope for the Future
This profile is brought to The Layers Project Magazine through a partnership with Matan, in honor of their 30th-year anniversary…
I Was Wrong, About Tisha Ba’av
I was wrong. Last year on Tisha Ba’av, I was a brand new olah, living here in Jerusalem for no…
Mikvah: The Unification of Opposites
It took me a long time to see how Torah and science are one and the same. As a young…
“Born From Loss: Birkat Emunah”
This essay is brought to The Layers Project Magazine in partnership with The Eden Center. “That lady at the mikvah…She…
Layered Listening
Some people are born storytellers. I was born a listener. My ears are my source of power; hearing the pain…
Poway
For Lori Gilbert Kaye z”l This is the way it feels. The tip of my finger is pinched by the…
Rona’s Story: Women in The Workplace
(1/7) “You Can Do This” “Unlike my parents, I did not dream of becoming a classroom teacher. I knew I…