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Emerson Singer

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Emerson Singer is a senior at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. She is a youth liaison for JCUA's immigration committee and a member of the JCUA Votes political committee, as well as a former member of Or Tzedek, JCUA's youth community organizing internship. Emerson is also a committed madrech in her synagogue's beit sefer, the youth representative on her synagogue's rabbinical search committee, and on the executive board of her synagogue's high school youth group. In her free time, you can find Emerson drinking coffee, exploring Chicago, thrifting, writing in a really tiny notebook, or mourning the golden age of SNL.

Blog Posts

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Always an Asterisk: Differing Experiences With Femininity in Jewish Spaces

Emerson Singer

I left Cozumel with a newfound appreciation for my synagogue, our female clergy, and the people who have so graciously accepted my family as part of the community. 

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"Stand Up, Fight Back:" Embracing Community in Times of Political Polarization

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The Torah tells us to be accepting of foreigners 36 times, more than any other commandment. So when we see people in our city who are being wrongfully targeted, we help.

Emerson wearing her kippah, reading her book in a church.

How Rebecca the American Girl Doll Shaped My Perception of a Woman’s Role in Judaism

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As I navigate life as a Jewish teenager, I hope to think of myself as something of a modern-day Rebecca, but one with the permission to read Torah and the drive to interpret it.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Emerson Singer." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/singer-emerson>.