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My Last Trip To The Mikvah
I just went to the mikvah for the last time. I am 28 years old. I took my time getting…
Forever Changed
“During Tzuk Eitan (Operation Protective Edge), the war of summer 2014, I was a commander in the officer’s course. We…
“In-Confidence” Anonymous Series Round-Up- “Conversations About Divorce”
November 2019 Unedited, Anonymous Essays About Divorce “People always come at you about your divorce nervously, tentatively. Especially as a…
Chaya’s Story: Fighting Harder, Hope for the Future
This profile is brought to The Layers Project Magazine through a partnership with Matan, in honor of their 30th-year anniversary…
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…
Layered Listening
Some people are born storytellers. I was born a listener. My ears are my source of power; hearing the pain…
Our Aliyah Journey
It’s been nine and a half months since we boarded the plane for the Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight. The goodbyes…
Dear Avichai David
Dear Avichai David, I made Aliyah a year ago after a lifetime of dreaming. I did it for so many…