WRJ YES Fund

The Value of Diversity for Jewish Youth

Aimée Brown-Borges

For Jewish teens of Color, navigating Judaism and racial identity can be a complex and isolating experience. Growing up as a Jewish person of Color, I have often felt like an outsider in Jewish spaces, surrounded by individuals who shared a fundamental aspect

YES Fund Grantee Spotlight: ish

YES fund recipient

ish is a Cincinnati-based community engagement organization centering Jewish arts and cultural traditions as a platform for connecting artists with communities to create new experiences, inspire pride in Jewish and intersectional identity, and foster

Starting a Lifeline for the Future of the Jewish People

Rachel Gebeloff

I once was proud to call myself a member of Gen-Z. I thought I belonged to a generation who stood for intersectionality in our advocacy and feminism. This all changed when the world flipped upside down for Jewish people on October 7. Witnessing some of my

Supreme Court Oral Arguments: The Stakes for Reproductive Health Care

Rachel Landis

This past Tuesday, March 26, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that could determine the future of access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare. Mifepristone is one of two medications commonly

A “Helluva Engineer” Inspiring Girls to Enter the Field of STEM

Blair Marks

I’m an engineer….well, actually “a helluva engineer” as the Georgia Tech fight song goes. When I enrolled, the freshman class was less than 15% women, and depending on the specific engineering major, it could have been even lower. One of my professors once