Minnah Stein Named a 2018 Diller Tikkun Olam Awards Recipient

The Diller Tikkun Olam Awards celebrate tikkun olam, or “repairing the world.” The Diller Family Foundation knows that supporting Jewish teen leadership today means creating and inspiring future generations of strong Jewish leaders in the global community. The Awards provide a very generous scholarship for each recipient so that they may use it to further their … Continue reading →

Finding the Founding Feminists

My fourth JWA article has been published! (This is part of my Rising Voices Fellowship.) You can read it here or go to the JWA website to see it. Every year in July, the story of Pinchas is told. And on July 6, 2013, I was the one telling this story. Yep. Little 13-year-old me, … Continue reading →

JWA Rising Voices Fellows Support #MeTooK12

While attending the most recent JWA Rising Voices retreat in Boston, the fellows took a moment to show their support for the SSAIS #MeTooK12 movement and its work to empower K-12 survivors and their allies. Jewish girl power! Continue reading →

My Sexual Assault Activism: Unpopular But Important

My third JWA article has been published! (This is part of my Rising Voices Fellowship.) You can read it here or go to the JWA website to see it. When you talk about sexual assault, you automatically become unpopular. People don’t want to talk to you because they know that they aren’t going to like … Continue reading →

The World Could Use More Sheila Finestones

My second JWA article has been published! (Full disclosure, I’m a little late in posting this one. My apologies.) This is part of my Rising Voices Fellowship. You can read it here or go to the JWA website to see it. “When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the … Continue reading →

My First JWA Rising Voices Article Is Published!

Here it is, hot off the press…my first article for JWA as part of my Rising Voices Fellowship! This is me pictured with Rabbi Sendrow at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla at my Bat Mitzvah. He is an amazing Rabbi and will forever be part of what was a truly life-changing experience for me. How My Bat … Continue reading →

Minnah Stein: Named Deeds Not Words Change Maker

What an honor this is! I am the only teenager, and my photo is right next to Elizabeth Warren, whom I love! Deeds Not Words was formed by a passionate group of people led by former Texas state Senator, Wendy Davis. The organization works to provide the tools necessary to help make change in our communities … Continue reading →