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A new mom calls on ancient Jewish magic to protect her child from ever feeling pain. (It`s totally not an overreaction...)
Read the full comic by @katzcomics at lilith.org.
A new mom calls on ancient Jewish magic to protect her child from ever feeling pain. (It`s totally not an overreaction...)
Read the full comic by @katzcomics at lilith.org.
This Mother`s Day, we`re wallpapering our office with @Tirtzahbassel`s painting, "Mother Severing the Umbilical Cord (after Francisco Goya)."
Bassel writes: In the painting we see the mother’s first act upon releasing the baby into the world. There is violence we’re not used to seeing: the powerful moment of a mother and baby needing to disconnect from each other. The moment of severing is a life-giving moment. And there’s a fierce side of motherhood that’s absent from our cultural imagery. There’s intensity here, but is it rage? Fear? Empowerment? Loss? You feel your mortality in this moment of birth, how close birth is to death.
Read it all at Lilith.org
This Mother`s Day, we`re wallpapering our office with @Tirtzahbassel`s painting, "Mother Severing the Umbilical Cord (after Francisco Goya)."
Bassel writes: In the painting we see the mother’s first act upon releasing the baby into the world. There is violence we’re not used to seeing: the powerful moment of a mother and baby needing to disconnect from each other. The moment of severing is a life-giving moment. And there’s a fierce side of motherhood that’s absent from our cultural imagery. There’s intensity here, but is it rage? Fear? Empowerment? Loss? You feel your mortality in this moment of birth, how close birth is to death.
Read it all at Lilith.org
if you ARE the gift-giving type, why not give the gift of Lilith this Mother`s Day weekend? Perfect for ALL the matriarchs in your life--the Eves, the Sarahs, the Leahs...and even the Liliths 🖤
if you ARE the gift-giving type, why not give the gift of Lilith this Mother`s Day weekend? Perfect for ALL the matriarchs in your life--the Eves, the Sarahs, the Leahs...and even the Liliths 🖤
The day before Mother`s Day, let`s hear it for all the people who decided not to have children.
In Lilith`s Spring 2013 Issue, a 60-something woman goes back to Jewish texts and reaffirms her decision not to become a mother.
Read it all at lilith.org. Art by Catherine Koetter.
The day before Mother`s Day, let`s hear it for all the people who decided not to have children.
In Lilith`s Spring 2013 Issue, a 60-something woman goes back to Jewish texts and reaffirms her decision not to become a mother.
Read it all at lilith.org. Art by Catherine Koetter.
shabbat shalom. wishing us all peace, peace, peace 🕊️
