Jewish Education
Torah Texts and Togetherness: Family Life in the Time of Quarantine
When life becomes disorienting, I look for frameworks that feel familiar to serve as an anchor as the ground beneath…
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…
When a Kid Believes in Miracles
Last night I was cleaning up the kitchen after a draining day. My husband is traveling for work and I…
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…
Shabbos Before the First Aliyah: A Mother’s Blessing to Her Children
Leaving and Returning, From the familiar and safe to the unknown. Though your presence here will be missed, You are…
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…
Michal’s Story: Lost and Found
(1/7) “In My Head” I was blessed throughout my entire life to lead a relatively normal life with no real…
Alana’s Story: Seeking Spirituality
(1/6) “iMPRINTS” “When I was a child, I remember having romantic and beautiful feelings about Israel. I was deeply in…
Apologizing to Mrs. S
Until I got to college, I was a fairly lazy student and found most classes to be unstimulating. Looking back,…
Should We Still Mourn on Tishaa Ba’av? An Olah Chadasha Perspective.
As I prepare myself to listen to Eicha, I step out of my new home in the hills of Jerusalem…