Contributing Writers & Artists
Meet our powerful writers, poets, artists, musicians and photographers.
All the content on jGirls+ Magazine is created by self-identifying Jewish girls, young women, and nonbinary teens ages 13-19 across all backgrounds. Get to know them here… and join them by submitting your work!
Note: Bios and headshots are from time of submission/publication unless otherwise indicated. Are you one of our contributors? Update your profile here.
416 total contributors
Mabel Glaser is a student at Mayo High School in Rochester, Minnesota, graduating in 2023. Mabel uses she/her pronouns. She enjoys reading, writing, singing, baking, and biking. She plays the trumpet in her school marching band, jazz band, and concert band. Mabel is passionate about animal rights and climate change. She attended Jewish summer camp as a preteen and teen, and feels that this has shaped her worldview and Jewish identity.
Maddie Renert is a member of the class of 2025 at the Clinton School in New York, New York. She loves attending sleepaway camp, traveling and exploring New York City. She lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Maddie Solomon is a first year at Occidental College from Denver, Colorado, with an interest in political theory, education, and non-profit work. At Occidental, she worked as a Telefund employee/Ambassador and currently writes for The Occidental, the student-run newspaper. She is a first-year representative for the Hillel executive board and does extensive volunteering with the Upward Bound and Neighborhood Partnership Program—both programs that work with low-income, first generation youth.
Madeline Block is a seventh grader at Percy Julian middle school in Oak Park, Illinois. She has been dancing since first grade and loves running. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, and drawing.
Madeline Pierce is a member of the class of 2024 at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. She is involved in debate, track and field, and BBYO. Madeline is passionate about history and politics, and in her spare time she hikes and bakes.
Madison Hahamy is a senior at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. She loves science of all kinds, reading, activism, and writing, and is involved in a multitude of extracurriculars that showcase these passions.
Madison has been a member of the jGirls+ Magazine editorial board since 2017-2018 and is the Fiction Department Head.
Makeda Zabot-Hall lives in Portland, Maine, and is currently a senior at Portland High School. Makeda enjoys swimming, writing, and volunteering at the Maine Youth Court.
Mallory Hersh is a member of the class of 2026 at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. She plays tennis on her school’s team. She is passionate about English, math and community service. In her spare time she dances, listens to music, and spends time with friends, and she loves to bake.
Marika Campbell-Blue is a member of the class of 2022 at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. She is an honors student studying media and communications. Her first op-ed was published in her freshman year. She loves photography and photo essays. She is starting a nonprofit that encourages high school students to share their experiences with bullying. In 2020, Marika completed her first PSA in conjunction with the local TV station.
Marin Gold is a junior at Golda Och Academy in West Orange, New Jersey. She is on the competition team at Prestige Academy of Dance and is the editor-in-chief for her school yearbook. She wishes to become a professional dancer, and in her spare time she likes to teach dance, and hang out with her friends.
Marlie Thompson is a sophomore at Indian Springs School in Pelham, Alabama, about 20 minutes from Birmingham. She loves writing, dogs, and hanging out with her family.
May Lafer-Kirtner is a member of the class of 2024 at South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. She has been writing all her life, and after graduating, hopes to become a reporter and a novelist. After having a hard time in middle school, she started writing poetry and stories as an outlet for all of her most intense emotions—about friends, death, her chronic illness, and mental health struggles. She started trying to get published after reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower, because she hoped to remind other people they weren’t all alone.
Maya Hogan is a junior at Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Indiana. She loves music. She sings; dances; and plays guitar, ukulele, and piano.
Maya Keren is a senior at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. She plays jazz piano, she’s on the varsity soccer team, and she is an editor of her school literary magazine, Polyphony.
Maya Krieger-DeWitt is a senior at Nauset High School in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She spent half of her junior year studying abroad in Israel, and teaches Hebrew at her synagogue. Maya will be attending American University to study International Relations in the fall.
Maya Lubaroff is in the class of 2024 at New West Charter High School in Los Angeles, California. She runs a pro-kindness organization and is passionate about Caribbean dance and film. To unwind, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with friends and family, as well as searching for the best boba shops in town!
Maya Owens is a member of the class of 2023 at Springfield High School in Springfield, Vermont. She’s a member of her school AWARE group, which is an activism group for students of color at her school. She enjoys reading, painting, and journaling. She also enjoys changing her hair every week due to boredom.
Maya is currently in 12th grade at Germantown Friends School, a private Quaker school in Philadelphia, PA. She lives with her two moms and her dog Ollie, and they practice Reconstructionist Judaism. She loves school, particularly English and music, and she's in the upper school choir which she really enjoys.
Maya Rosenberg is in 12th grade and has been homeschooled her entire life. Through her years of pondering the dimensions of existence, she has embraced the art of creative writing as a method to record and experience the breathtaking acts of living on such a random hunk of rock in the middle of a dark expanse that no human can fully comprehend yet. She recognizes that expressing the nuances of human existence through written language can never fully capture everything about life and the specific experiences within it, but the challenge of weaving little fragments of knowledge into waves of artistry in the pursuit to describe how crazy and exhilarating it is to be alive is something that she finds to be an addictive adventure.
Maya Rubenstein is a senior at SAR High School and lives in Englewood, New Jersey. She is passionate about science, writing, and Judaism. Maya strongly believes in the importance of sharing stories and is thrilled to be joining this platform.
Maya Savin Miller is a senior at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California. Her prose and poetry have appeared in Cargoes, Up North Lit, Hadassah, Battering Ram Journal, Bluefire, Skipping Stones, and jGirls+ Magazine and have been recognized by Princeton University, Hollins University, Columbia College, Rider College, Scholastic, Library of Congress, Skipping Stones, Blank Theatre National Young Playwrights Festival, and The Leyla Beban Foundation. A 2019 grant from the Dragon Kim Foundation and a 2020 grant from The Pollination Project have enabled Maya to launch A Life In Tapestry, the travelling exhibition of the tapestry work of Holocaust survivor and artist Trudie Strobel.
Megan Walter is a member of the class of 2023 at the Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia. Megan enjoys long-distance running, writing creatively, reading, and exploring all things literary. She participates in cross country and track and field, competes with her high school's mock trial team, is involved with her local synagogue, and loves to hike on the weekends!
Meira Fiber-Munro is a member of the class of 2023 at Ida B Wells High School in Portland, Oregon. She is currently serving as Evergreen Region's 24th Doverit (vice president of Jewish Heritage) as an active member of BBYO and is an active member of Portland Ice Skating Club where they have been skating for almost eight years. She also enjoys any form of journalism, is a HUGE fan of anything true crime (especially Criminal Minds and Law and Order SVU!!) and is passionate about climate justice. Meira is always looking for book recommendations and is an avid Gilmore Girls fan and will talk to anyone willing to listen about season 3.
Meital Sztokman is entering the 10th grade in the artist track at the Israeli Arts and Sciences Academy (IASA). She is passionate about art and music and plays the piano. She also enjoys sports, mainly gymnastics.
Mel Trachtenberg is a first-year student at Portland Community College in Oregon. They love musicals, dogs, and movies—and luckily, they have access to all those things!
Michal Spanjer is a junior at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is editor-in-chief of her school paper, and she loves all different types of writing, including songs, poetry and articles.
Mika is a junior at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. She is an active member of her school's theater community, and is passionate about photography and math.
Minnah Stein is a Florida State University Dean’s List student in her junior year studying Media & Communications and Film. She is a writer and a passionate activist, working to educate students on power based personal violence. When she isn't working to make her campus a safer place, she enjoys playing the banjo, embroidering, and watching old movies.
Miriam Abrams is a sophomore at Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts. She attends the Reform Temple Isaiah and is a part of the youth group LEFTY. She is a part of her school's GSA, drama club, and ukulele club. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, watching Project Runway, and hanging out with friends.
Miriam is a 12th grader at Lakeside in Seattle, Washington. She enjoys swimming, reading, and playing board games with her friends.
Miriam Hope is a senior at St. Louis Park High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She is a competitive dancer who enjoys writing, skateboarding and films.
Molly Voit is a high school senior from Riverdale, New York. She attends Elisabeth Irwin High School in downtown Manhattan where her favorite subjects are English, science, and art. Outside of class, Molly enjoys running on her track and cross country teams, reading, listening to podcasts, and playing with her two dogs.
Mollye Oze has lived in both America and Israel. Her ultimate dream is to be a full time writer and a part time history buff. She loves all things literary, and you can probably find her either writing, reading or fangirling. Follow her on twitter @MollyeYA
Morgan Rodriguez is a member of the class of 2025 at Florida Atlantic University High School in Boca Raton, Florida. She is a competitive golfer and a nature enthusiast, and she aspires to become an environmental attorney. In her free time, Morgan enjoys adrenaline-pumping activities such as jet skiing, hiking, obstacle courses, and swimming.
Myaan Sonenshein is a member of the Class of 2025 at the Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX. She is a spoken word artist, slam poet and member of Meta4 Houston, the champions of the 2023 Brave New Voices competition. In her free time, Myaan trains as an aerial artist and enjoys baking, walking, writing/reading poetry, thrifting, and being around all the people who make her happy.
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