Singlehood
“What’s the Big Deal?”
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone. Some physically, some financially, many, if not most, emotionally. Each one of us typically…
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…
Coming Full Circle
Facebook is all about celebration. We see each other’s seemingly perfect lives. The pictures of birthdays, Broadway musicals, picnics, weddings,…
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…
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…
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…
Aliza’s Story: My Body, My Babies
(1/7) “Unpretty” At the time, I felt very unpretty. I felt in order to be pretty, you had to…