*You are a Super Hero* My daughter once told me “Ta, everyone I know is good at something. Except for me. I have no talents. I”m not good at anything.” What do you tell your…
Rachel And Leah
Fathers sacrifice their sons Mothers sacrifice their daughters But there is no ram to take our place We take the place of one another We take our pain out on ourselves We take our rage…
I Can Do This!
There’s something so freeing about skiing. Letting go. Flying. Allowing the wind to carry you. Across perfect white slopes. You feel like you’re soaring. You feel so vulnerable. The first time I went down the…
Hope From The Past
It’s about believe that there is a person outside of you and your pain. It’s about believe that there is a world outside of your pain. It’s about accepting, “this too shall pass”. The pain…
Steps To Silence
He told me to hush not make a sound he called me babe sweetly as his hands plunged down upward sideways how many hands does one man have he gently chided when I pulled my…
I Grew Up Orthodox, But I Just Can’t Stay.
Content warning for mentions of rape, discrimination, injustice. We have Orthodoxy all wrong. A common perception among the Orthodox is that their way of life is the only moral way to do what Hashem wants…
Learning Me
I grew up in a conservadox household with an untraditional affiliation. We bounced from synagogue to synagogue where I received mixed messages about what I should and should not be and do. Eventually my parents…
Insta-Demons
There’s a Gemara about temporary insanity I would have learned, if girls learned Gemara. I think, I was temporarily insane to take my shirt off, for the camera to post those photos. Prutzas, in Yiddish…