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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…
Alone
Fiction Mindy sits in the neurologist’s waiting room. To her right and left, patients—most with pinched brows and downturned lips—flip…
The Failings of Solely Focusing on Beauty
As women, we know that we need to take care of ourselves. We should eat nutritious food, dress in a…
Filtering Reality: Instagram and the Megillah
“I think often about the millions of Instagram accounts where their entire personal brand revolves around snapshots of pretty moments.…
The Drumbeats of Fear
You’ve seen the video of the bride in Bnei Brak drumming at her wedding. You’ve heard that the Badatz went…
The Challenge of “One Size Fits All” in Dating
The importance of creating a good Jewish home has been drilled into most members of the Orthodox Jewish community from…
Layers Platform Feedback: Top Ten Things A Shadchan Should Know
Many people in our Jewish communities date and find their spouses through the mechanism of “Shidduch Dating.” What that means,…