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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,…
Dating: Let Us Trust Ourselves
I was on my way home from work last week when my friend Ayala called. “I need to vent. I…
My Mother’s Kaddish
.יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Waking in the dark beneath the heavy cloak of dawnֿ I wait for the soothing rhythm…
“Overweight” and Loving Myself
I have been overweight my whole life. For as long as I remember, I’ve been “the fat girl.” It’s so…
Nikki’s Story: Humans of Judaism
(1/6) “Grief” “Around this time of year, in November of 2013, just before Thanksgiving, my father passed away suddenly. I…
Leah’s Story: Unconditional Personhood
(1/6) “Agency” “My mother grew up without a lot of agency, with little say in what happened to her in…
A Jew Is A Jew: Lessons From Anti-Semitism
When I turned on my phone after Shabbat here in Israel, a nightmare scenario unfolded on my newsfeed. During a…
Ilui Neshama: Elevation of the Soul
On Rosh Hashanah, I saw holiness in the sanctuary. It was a most beautiful moment in its rawness, its honesty,…