Saturday, January 11, 2025

Notice something different? We’ve added a “+” to our name to more accurately reflect our community, which includes teens who don’t identify as girls. We’re making this tweak as a first step while we work toward a new name that will more fully capture who we are. Stay tuned!

Red-tinted photograph of a clay hamsa atop an open book of poetry

Words of Faith

Poetry is prayer.
Painting of two hands. Blood drips from the fingertip of the left hand; the other hand holds a lancing device.

One More Bruise

Artist Statement: This is a very special art piece of mine because it deals with a topic that is not spoken about nearly enough, Type...
A cocoon suspended in a rain gutter.

Survival

Here's to the little guys who keep on keeping on, no matter where they are.
Next to a large piece of dough dusted with crumbs, hands reach into a mixing bowl full of graham cracker pieces.

Baked Into Me

I swallow slowly, letting the happiness baked into it wash over me.
A concrete outer wall of a restaurant. A small logo reads “Fatburger.”

Summer Interlude

Artist Statement: "Summer Interlude" is a photograph steeped in nostalgia, a poignant tribute to a once-cherished locale now lost to time and change. The setting...
A round-braided challah loaf, on a table surrounded by wine glasses, cutlery, and a red flower.

Gratitude and Challah Bread

We focus on the indulgences of the love and history we taste with each mouthful, remembering the interweaving of the past and present.
Elephant in the Womb photo from a rally

Pro-Choice: An Interview Series

As Jewish feminists, we are deeply frustrated and disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on the Dobbs v. Jackson case to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling.

Millions of people lost their right to bodily autonomy on June 24th; these interviews share the views of only a few of them. Our hope is that this collection of interviews gives insight into some of the faces and perspectives behind the issue of reproductive rights.

Read the full introduction and all four interviews:

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“Hello, Me”

"Without my medication, I am like a car driving in the rain, with a person who doesn’t know how to turn on the windshield wipers."
Tool Box by Hani Weiman

Tool Box

What Freedom Means to Me by Liel Huppert - Photo by Aliza Abusch-Magder

What Freedom Means to Me

Eva by Whitney Cohen

Eva

POPULAR MEDIA

Share Your Voice and Vision!

jGirls+ Magazine accepts submissions on an ongoing basis from from self-identifying Jewish teenage girls ages 13-19. We accept submissions on any subject of interest to you.

We also pose “theme” questions that our editors and friends are talking about, and we invite you to join the conversation by submitting works on those topics, too.

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