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Jordyn Rozensky

Jun 12, 2025, 11:04 PM

The Sacred Work of Being Seen: A Jewish Pride Reflection

Jordyn Rozensky, center, with friends Joanna Ware and Shana Cohen at Boston Pride in 2016.

There’s something sacred about not having to explain yourself. It means walking into a room and being seen as whole, not despite who you are, but because of it. That’s at the heart of Pride Month: a communal “we’re...

May 30, 2025, 6:08 PM

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The mountain was wide enough for us all

Watercolor-style digital image showing mountains of and threads of various colors. Generated in Canva.

The Torah that sustains the Jewish people was never supposed to be 'one-size-fits-all'; rather, each individual shines when we stand together (Shavuot)

May 28, 2025, 10:15 PM

The Promise of Showing Up

I’ve written some version of this too many times. There was Pittsburgh, where my dad grew up, where my grandparents met and married, where my parents began their life together. I remember the ache of the Tree of Life shooting...

About Me

Jordyn Rozensky is an educator, justice-driven storyteller, and Director of Community at SVIVAH—an organization cultivating inclusive, cross-denominational spaces for women* across Jewish learning and life. Her work centers people as whole humans: their stories, questions, and sacred worth. Her writing and photography appear in The Washington Post, CNN, The Texas Tribune, Buzzfeed, and more. She lives with six hounds and two cats, where the howling is loud, the drool is abundant, and the wisdom is always a surprise.