Writing

By Light of Hidden Candles (Kasva Press, 2017; historical fiction): A Jewish American and a Catholic Spaniard travel to Madrid together to research their family histories, and what they discover in the Spanish archives forces them to confront the truth about who they are and what their faiths mean to them…
Letters to Josep: An Introduction to Judaism (Guiding Light Press, 2016; nonfiction): A collection of letters from an Orthodox Jew (yours truly) to a Christian friend in Barcelona about Judaism

Letters to Josep: A collection of letters to a Christian friend in Barcelona about Judaism and life in Israel
The Rejection Survival Guide: Meditations on cultivating “creative resilience”–resilience against the rejection, criticism, and self-doubt that are part and parcel of a creative life
My author blog: Writer ponderings, background information on my work, and general updates

Reengagement (THEMA, 2019): A cantankerous bereaved mother is determined to give her obnoxious new neighbors a piece of her mind… but in so doing, finds her own perceptions changing
Cockatoo Tears (Qu, 2018): A little girl’s sudden obsession with saving the rainforest forces her mother to confront some uncomfortable truths
Scarf Sisters (arc-25, 2017): An Israeli settler and a Palestinian woman bond over their identical headscarves… until the political chaos around them intervenes
The Wedding Dress (Rathalla Review, 2017): An Ethiopian-Israeli terror survivor plans an elaborate wedding… unbeknownst to her distant husband
Shattered Glass (Newfound, 2017; nominated for the Pushcart Prize): A car crash and a paradigm shift on the road between Jerusalem and Hebron
The Olive Harvest (Reckoning, 2016): Violent conflict and seeds for peace in the Middle East, as told by an olive tree
Immersion (Jewish Literary Journal, 2016): A religious Jewish woman finds an unusual way to cope with heartbreak

Before the Next War & Things I Ignore at My Kid’s Birthday Party (arc-26, 2019)
The Cracks That Divide Us: A Poem on Fallen Rock (The Times of Israel, 2018)
Translucent (Love Like Salt anthology, 2018)
Ghosts (Love Like Salt anthology, 2018; originally posted on Letters to Josep)
Barco de Papel/Paper Boat (Chachalaca Review, 2017; Spanish/English)
From the Graves of My Ancestors (Stonecoast Review, 2017)
Stardust (2017 Mizmor L’David Anthology, Poetica Publishing, 2018)
A LiveJournal Entry at 17 (Silver Birch Press, 2017)
Repair & Tomorrow (Shaharitekoa Journal of Literature and Art, 2014; Hebrew)
Stock-Photo Woman (Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression & Empowerment of Women, Kasva Press, 2016)
Glass and Iron (spoken word performance at “Verses Against Violence”; Hebrew with English subtitles)
Blessed Be the True Judge (posted on Letters to Josep)