Every time that I mentioned that I was going to have a bat mitzvah to my friends at school, they would say that they wanted one, too. They imagined a big celebration, a party with cake and games and dancing. They never realized it requires a lot of hard work. For me, that work was […]
Lucia da Silva
Lucia da Silva, 13, lives in Seattle, where she will be in eighth grade this fall at Hamilton International Middle School. Lucia is a soccer goalkeeper, a basketball point guard, and a teen fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute, where she advocates for equality and inclusivity in the Jewish community.