Clio Petrulis

Star Wars artfully depicts how a government rises to fascism, and how people in positions of power can twist the truth to deny events as big as genocide.

The centrality of Shabbat to my family has been something that made my transition to boarding school last year so difficult.

“Girl” becomes “grrrl,” the growl at the center of this word symbolic of the righteous anger we feel as girls facing injustice.

When I light candles on Shabbat, using the same candlesticks that my ancestors lit over 100 years prior, I feel connected to everyone who has come before me.