Prose


Meditation/Healing
The Trouble with Gratitude, The Ten Percent Happier blog
Why I Meditate In Public, The Wisdom Daily
Meditation Sucks. Which Is Why You Should Do It, The Wisdom Daily
Amidst the Chaos of Moving Abroad, I Began to Find Myself, The Wisdom Daily
Social Media Care in Difficult Times, The Wisdom Daily
When Is the Right Time to Heal?, on gun violence, racism, and healing, Ritualwell.org

Jewish
Articles on MyJewishLearning: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/author/hila-ratzabi/
That Time Someone Painted a Swastika on My Neighbor’s Trash Can, Kveller
Invisible Revisions: One Jewish Perspective on Interfaith RelationshipsForward
Wanted: Mexican MezuzahWashington Post (link no longer available)
We Need Self-Care Rituals Now More Than Ever
, EJewishPhilanthropy

Parenting/Birth
What Do We Tell Our Kids When the News Is Filled With Profanity?, Kveller
Becoming a New Mother in an Era of Hate, Kveller
Why My Mexican-Jewish Son Needs a Woman President, Kveller
This Is Why I’m Bringing My Baby to a Work Conference, Kveller
Yes, My Kid Is Jewish, Even Though His Name Doesn’t Sound Like It, Kveller
Incubated from the World: A Premature Birth Story
, MUTHA Magazine
The Best Way to Avoid Unsolicited Advice During Pregnancy, Kveller
I Can’t Fast Because I’m Pregnant–Will Yom Kippur Mean Anything to Me?
, Kveller

Writing
Women and the Global Imagination: Reimagining the Myth of Sedna
, Prairie Schooner blog
How to Make the Most of a Writing ResidencyH_NGM_N blog

Place
Finding Myself in Philly, New Worker
Taking the Girl out of New York
Freerange Nonfiction
Feeling the CirclesAnthem Journal (link no longer available)
Report from Zone 6Anthem Journal (link no longer available)

BOOK REVIEWS AND ARTS COMMENTARY

“Verbal Deliruim”: An Overdue Translation of Manoel de Barros’s Surrealist PoetryDrunken Boat
How to Be Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, and Palestinian, All at the Same TimeJewish Daily Forward
Barefoot Voice: The Insecurity of Language in Li-Young Lee’s Behind My EyesValparaiso Poetry Review, Volume X1, Number 2
Jewish Lesbian Poetry for a New GenerationJewish Daily Forward
The Other Jews: Secularism, Kabbalah, and Radical PoeticsZeek

INTERVIEWS

Sacred Reciprocity: A Conversation on Jewish Ecopoetry with Hila Ratzabi, by Elizabeth Jacobson, Terrain.org (Feb. 1, 2024)
Meet Hila Ratzabi: Poet, New Jewish Mom & Champion Schlepper, An interview with Joanna C. Valente, Kveller
On Passing & Whiteness: Jewish Poets Speak Out, Kenyon Review blog
Poet Q, Poet A: Jews Are Funny! Six Poets on Jewish Humor, Poetry, Activism, & Survival, Zeek
Poet Q, Poet A: Six Poets Talk Topography & Landscape, Zeek
Poet Q, Poet A: Six Poets Talk about Jewish “Authenticity,” Identity, Mapping & Archetypes, Zeek
An Eco-Interview with Hila Ratzabi, Minerva Rising
Partners in Poetry: An Interview with Aby Kaupang and Matthew CoopermanDrunken Boat
Aaron Roller interviews Hila Ratzabi, Mima’amkim
Nothing Mystical About It: An Interview with Jorie Graham, Lumina