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Jerusalem, Forever
I’ve waxed poetic about Jerusalem in almost every post I’ve written since I moved here, 11 months ago. The way…
Coming Back to the Mikveh
When my husband and I felt our family was complete, I chose a birth control that would accommodate that decision.…
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…
Making it to the Mikveh– With Breast Cancer
Published on The Layers Project Magazine in partnership with The Eden Center. A few months after giving birth to my…
When the Kallah Teacher Doesn’t Want to Go to the Mikveh
This essay was published in on The Layers Project Magazine in partnership with The Eden Center. Listen, it wasn’t all…
Monologue in the Mikva
This essay is published on The Layers Project Magazine in partnership with The Eden Center. The image was taken during…
Waters of Separation: For My Daughter at the Mikvah
Reprinted with permission from The Eden Center blog Three days before her wedding in May 2013, my daughter and I had…
“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…
My Mother’s Kaddish
.יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Waking in the dark beneath the heavy cloak of dawnֿ I wait for the soothing rhythm…
Widowhood as a Single Mom
The hardest thing I have ever done was when I had to tell my five year-old daughter that her father…
“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…
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…