Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

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Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen is a senior at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, where she heads her school's non-male affinity group, edits for the school newspaper, and competes on the Ethics Bowl team. Outside of school, she plays soccer, learns in the Hartman Teen Fellowship, and mentors young newspaper writers at her former elementary school. This past summer, she attended the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute, where she studied the ins and outs of writing and reporting. In her free time, Molly enjoys watching bad movies and playing with her dog.

Blog Posts

30 Rockefeller Plaza, where SNL takes place.

Saturday Night Live and the Epstein Files: The Power and Pitfalls of Parody

Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

[SNL] ends up reinforcing a problematic norm instead of serving as the vessel for societal critique it has the power to be.

Collage about Israel

A Return to the Sanhedrin: How Disagreement Makes Us Stronger

Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

I choose to define Jewish identity not through a litmus test of allegiance to a set of positions, or conformity to a way of observance, but instead through shared identification with a peoplehood and culture. 

The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

Our Memories Are Worth Fighting For

Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

When marginalized stories are erased and accountability is tossed aside, society loses the history and perspectives we need to prevent injustice from resurfacing.

Western Wall, Jerusalem

In Defense of the Wicked Child

Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

To me, Jewish feminism means asking the questions others want silenced.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen." (Viewed on June 13, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/kurtzer-ellenbogen-molly>.