Abby Fisher
Abby Fisher (they/them) is a writer, educator, and rising Shanah Gimmel (Year 3) student in Hebrew College’s Rabbinic Ordination program. They graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wesleyan University and received the English Department Prize for Excellence in Literature. Abby is passionate about bringing queer & trans Jewish stories to life onstage, in the classroom, and on the page. Their work has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Forward, Hypernova Literary Magazine, The Jewish Women’s Archive, Lilith Magazine, and the Girls Write Now 2017 & 2018 anthologies.
Leave if No Response by Abby Fisher
A queer Jewish coming-of-age story, Leave if No Response follows best friends Mira and Ariel as they grow up in a modern Orthodox Jewish community. When Ariel comes out to Mira, the two grow apart, and their lives unfold in opposite directions. Ariel revels in the questions of queer adulthood, while mourning the loss of the community that raised her. Mira searches for answers in Orthodox life, unable to quiet her suspicions that she may be queer. Together, they remember what was. Apart, they wonder what could have been.
With gratitude to The Bronfman Youth Fellowship’s Alumni Venture Fund
pc: Harrison Haft
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