Zia Saylor

Zia Saylor

Zia Saylor is a Californian who loves reading and creative writing in its many forms. For JWA, she has often written about current media and everyday experiences of Jewish feminism. She graduated from Williams College with a BA in Economics and Political Science with honors and received her MSc in Public Policy from the University of Bristol as a Fulbright Scholar. She has previously published an Op-Ed in The Los Angeles Times, fiction in the SteamTicket Literary Anthology, and poetry in the Altadena Poetry Review. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D., but cherishes time with her dogs and time in nature. 

Blog Posts

Song of the Blue Bird

Review: 'The Song of the Blue Bird'

Zia Saylor

The remarkable gift of this biblical trilogy, carefully crafted by Goldenberg, centers on its applicability and relevance to present struggles.

Magen Abraham Synagogue in India

Honoring Jewish Difference and Multi-Faith Action in India

Zia Saylor

The Jewish organizations I found in India reaffirmed the central Jewish value of helping others and improving the world around us, even across lines of perceived division and difference. 

Amy Levy, January 1889

Who Owns a Story? Uncovering the Archives of Amy Levy

Zia Saylor

In November 2025, the University of Cambridge purchased and promptly unsealed the previously private papers of Anglo-Jewish author Amy Levy.

Pluribus

Examining Apple TV's 'Pluribus' Using Jewish Texts

Zia Saylor

The show’s open-ended nature to these ethical debates—rather than preaching a specific standpoint— poses questions for its viewers, much like Jewish texts.

Topics: Television
"A Female Gaze Into History" by Tiffany Shlain

Balancing Grief And Growth This Tu BiShvat After California's Eaton Fire

Zia Saylor

No matter how the mountain life regrows and reemerges, it will be different. No matter how my community is rebuilt, it too will never be the same. 

Marie Curie Nobel Prize Award

Jewish Women Nobel Prize Winners And Almosts You Should Know

Zia Saylor

These Nobel Prize recipients, including a few women not honored for their work, are role models of brave work and brilliant thinking. 

Yemenite ballerina Rachel Nadav lighting Shabbat candles, 1945. Photo by Zoltan Kruger via Israel State Archives.

Drawing on Jewish Wisdom for the Winter Solstice

Zia Saylor

Jewish tradition offers us a lens through which to reconsider the relationship we have with ourselves, our families, and the darkness of winter. 

Persephone Bookstore in Bath, UK

Persephone Books is Keeping Twentieth Century Women's Stories Alive

Zia Saylor

Based on the Greek mythology of Persephone, this bookstore focuses on bringing previously hidden stories back into the light.

Topics: Publishing, Feminism
Nobody Wants This Season 2

Nobody Wants This Season 2 Review

Zia Saylor

Viewers must watch the first half with the same patience required to endure Season 1, but ultimately are in for a reward of deeper engagement with Judaism. 

Collage of books about Jewish motherhood

Reading Jewish Motherhood in Full Color

Zia Saylor

This Mother’s Day, explore Jewish motherhood in all its nuance with books that go far beyond the clichés.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Zia Saylor." (Viewed on June 13, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/saylor-zia>.