My Judaism guides me to use my words in order to lead a mindful life of gratitude.

My aunt sent a tube to the DNA analyzing company, 23andMe. The results she received identified her as 99% Ashkenazi Jew.

As I learned more about what affirmative action really means for students, my worries turned into a sobering recognition of my privilege.

If tikkun olam is something that we believe in fully, then our work will not be complete until every student is empowered with an equitable education.

I was en route to Gadna, a military simulation run by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for camp groups, gap year programs, and high school semesters abroad.

What does it mean to live in a country that purports secularity but considers Christianity to be the default?

I’ve been told that, because I’m not white and because I’m queer, I don’t have to stress about college applications.

That Simchat Torah, I saw the Torah not as something I had easy access to, but something generations of women had to fight to even touch.

Everything about me screamed American Ashkenazi Jew except the middle name on my passport.

Talmud became a channel for me to develop and express my Jewish feminism.

The length of your hemline doesn’t matter as long as you choose it for yourself and you accept those who choose differently.

I was visiting Brooklyn, New York with a group of students in my Reform synagogue’s confirmation class. 

My friend wanted to get arrested, one morning in July, on the curb of the sidewalk along a street east of downtown Houston.

Parsley reminds me of my Judaism.