“The holiday season” may sound more progressive than “the Christmas season,” but it ignores the fact that the most important Jewish holiday season is usually over by late October.

I realized that the book promoted a cartoonish antisemitism that went completely over my head as a child.

Rather than a typical high school romance, Lady Bird offers the viewers a complex, messy, and emotionally resonant story about the love between a mother and daughter.

While it tackles heavy subjects with sensitivity, Six unfortunately leans heavily on stereotypes in its characterization of Henry VIII’s wives.

Why is it that argument between Hillel and Shamai is deemed holy, whereas feminist debate is indicative of female weakness?

The simultaneous presence of two distinct yet intertwined faiths struck me with a profound sense of unity that I had never truly grasped before.

Charlaque lived through perhaps one of the most horrific periods in world history as a Jew AND as a transgender woman, AND she survived.

Attending my friend’s club truly opened my eyes to the horrific reality that is day-to-day life for many Turkish women.

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One of the themes in Bella’s story is a refusal to stay down when pushed into a corner.

Anger can be a very powerful tool for Jewish women.

Yet at the moment when her humanity was threatened the most, Basman Ben-Hayim turned to art.

Learning about Emma Lazarus' important work aiding Eastern European refugees fleeing from discrimination, violence, and pogroms inspired me to think more deeply about immigration: both its connection to my own life and to today’s world.

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I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity.

After that initial Zoom bat mitzvah, it became clear that my own celebration would look the same.

Aunt Barbara gave me the opportunity to forge my own Jewish identity, with the help of a simple, silver, Star of David.

I was dubbed “femenistit masricha,” a smelly feminist, on the first day of seventh grade. I kind of liked it. 

I hadn’t thought much at all about why I engaged with Judaism—or even why I was Jewish beyond having been born that way.

Feminism does not require that all women are the same and should react in the same manner to misogyny.

Religion and art are both about turning individual experiences into community ones.

Being Jewish, Chinese, and American has fed my aspiration to ensure that more non-traditional Jewish people feel comfortable with their identities.

As we progress and amend our traditions, we can take wisdom from past rulings to benefit the Feminist cause.

Purim’s festivities celebrate not only Jewish survival but also Jewish resistance.

I lead a life filled with Jewish meaning, and I shouldn’t have to untangle that from the other identities I hold.