Rachell Goldberg used to see the Jewish ritual of immersing in a mikvah as just another religious obligation--something to check off her to-do list. Nearly every month for thirteen years, she visited a Jewish ritual bath to cleanse herself after her period, a practice commanded in Jewish law. But this time, after enduring seven months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, she's making the ritual her own. From 2017. |
An update since this show first aired: Rachell tells us she is finally past her cancer treatment, and in good health.
Produced by Abigail Holtzman, who wrote an in-depth, print version of Rachell's story for Narratively.
Rachel sits on the edge of the mikvah water. Photo credit: Lauren Murphy.
