I’m calling out a system that doesn’t make Jewish students feel seen at school—a system that doesn’t educate people on religions that aren’t the most mainstream ones in our culture.

In my view, Sophie embodies the notion of choice—a central feminist idea that is explored in the musical.

As last year's election came and went and my disillusionment peaked, I recalled all of the Jewish women who fought to get the right to vote.

I decided that I, a thirteen year old, would convince the rabbi of my synagogue to change a rule no one else had successfully challenged.