This is the part when your mind wants to fight you. I promise it is worth the struggle. I’ve yet to have anyone regret passing through this gate.
Orthodox Jewish communities hurt and shun many sensitive, vibrant souls who fall beyond traditional gender expectations and identities, but I think they can do better.
I am responsible for my fellow Jews, and so I think it's best I back off.
Everything we do tells a story of our continued exploration, our current allegiances, and our philosophical adherence.
I was made for breaking. I am built from the raw material of utter destruction, every fissure
bursting with crumpled petition.
No one had prepared me for the possibility that I might feel this way. I mean, this was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. And I didn't want to be there.
There are times when your heart continuing to beat has to be enough.
Galut (exile) is when we sooner believe them over ourselves in reading the truths of our own skin, in deciphering the lifelines of our own palms.
