Joanna Ware, 25, Community Organizer and Educator at Keshet

Her feminist-Jewish tattoo

I grew up in San Diego around a lot of evangelical Christians and when I was 10 or so I was going to church a lot with my best friend. I was excited about an essay I had chosen to write for school called, “Why Abortion Is Wrong,” and I was telling my mother all about it.

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How Being a Jew & Being a Feminist Collide, Co-Evolve, Cohabit in 7 Women’s Lives

The articles in this special section:

Diane Balser, 68, talks to Susan Schnur

Her Lifelong Feminist-Jewish Politics

Mimi Arbeit, 26, Doctoral Student in Child Development

Her feminist-Jewish sex education

Enid Schatz, 40, Assistant Professor in Women’s Studies

Her feminist-jewish-interracial-interfaith family

Vanessa Hidary, Ageless Diva, Spoken Word Artist, Actress, Writer, Director

Her feminist-Jewish viva Puerto Rico!

Jane Eisner, 56, Editor of the Forward Newspaper

Her feminist-Jewish all-of-a piece finally

Ronit Sherwin, 39, Executive Director, Hillel

Her feminist-Jewish-Orthodox-single motherhood

Joanna Ware, 25, Community Organizer and Educator at Keshet

Her feminist-Jewish tattoo