Penina Satlow

    Penina Satlow jGirls+ Magazine Editorial Board Profile - jGirls+ Magazine
    Penina Satlow jGirls+ Magazine Editorial Board Profile - jGirls+ Magazine

    2017–18 Alumnae Mentor
    2016–17 jGirls+ Magazine Editorial Board

    Hey there! I’m Penina Satlow, from Providence, Rhode Island, and this year I will be a mentor and advisor for jGirls+ magazine. I am currently on a gap year studying and volunteering in Israel, at Mechinat Beit Yisrael in Jerusalem. I graduated from Classical High School, a public school in Providence. Throughout high school I was involved in theater, played varsity field hockey, and sang with HaZamir, the International Jewish High School choir, among other things. I love to read, especially on Shabbat afternoons. Throughout high school, I have been involved with three different synagogues and youth groups that affiliate with three different denominations: Modern Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform, and I have been equally comfortable and uncomfortable at all of them for different reasons. I am a Jew who is committed to some form of traditional practice and Jewish community, but like many I am still figuring out what that means and how I want to define myself, if I want to define myself at all. This is a journey that I’m sure I will be in throughout my life, and I know it will take me many new and unexpected places. I applied to the jGirls+ editorial board because it combines two of my favorite things: constructive literary circles and pluralistic Jewish spaces. I absolutely loved being on the editorial board last year, and I knew I would have to continue my involvement in any way I could.

    Works by Penina

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    If you like TV shows with female leads that play the hero rather than the damsel in distress, then Buffy is a must watch!
    Penina Satlow

    Meeting Sima: A True Story

    Sometimes taking a step towards peace means stepping into the lives of those who are different from us.
    Brooklyn Bridge - Gali Davar - jGirls+ Magazine

    Chameleon

    A poem about blending in so much that you forget how to stand out.
    Jerusalem of Gold by Penina Satlow

    Jerusalem of Gold

    "My Jerusalem is not of gold, my Jerusalem is of steel."

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    Penina Satlow

    Meeting Sima: A True Story

    Sometimes taking a step towards peace means stepping into the lives of those who are different from us.