Lilith Magazine
Independent, Jewish & frankly feminist since 1976, Lilith’s mission is to be the feminist change-agent in and for the Jewish community: amplifying Jewish feminist voices, creating an inclusive and positive Judaism, spurring gender consciousness in the Jewish world and empowering women, girls and trans and nonbinary people of every background to envision and enact change in their own lives and the larger community.
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What’s inside:
Bold reporting and memoir, original fiction and poetry, and a lively take on tradition, celebrations and social change.
About our name:
According to legend, Lilith was the first woman, created even before Eve. She told Adam, “We are equal because we are created from the same earth.” For more, check out “The Lilith Question” from our premier issue and this source sheet of biblical and rabbinic references to Lilith.
I once read something in Lilith years ago about _______. Can I find that article on your website?
Absolutely.
I think you’re great. Can I donate some of my extra money?
Yes! (And if you want to donate by mail, our address and our E.I.N. are below)
Can I submit my writing?
Sure!
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Who writes for Lilith?
Writers have included established names like Joy Ladin, Abby Stein, Yavilah McCoy, Ruth Messinger, Bess Kalb, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, Esther Perel, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Nessa Rapoport, Edith Pearlman, Linda Pastan, Blu Greenberg, Danya Ruttenberg, Allegra Goodman, Dara Horn, Myla Goldberg and more. Plus, Lilith brings you emerging writers, powerful strong new talent you’ll want to watch.
Who reads Lilith?
People who are interested in: Jewish hair, workplace fairness, queer identity, racial justice, gay marriage, fashion, new liturgies, family politics, feminist philanthropy, gender justice, women’s Holocaust experience, Israel, sex, circumcision, and lots of other things too.
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Editor in Chief
Susan Weidman Schneider, one of Lilith’s founding mothers, has been editor in chief since the magazine launched. Her writing about Jewish women’s philanthropy, the Jewish stake in abortion rights, the persistence of gender stereotyping and more have been credited with moving the needle on feminist change in the Jewish world. She’s the author of Jewish and Female and Intermarriage, and co-author of Head and Heart, a book about money in the lives of women. She is also co-editor of Lilith’s new fiction collection, Frankly Feminist.
Fiction Editor
Yona Zeldis McDonough (aka Kitty Zeldis) is the award-winning author of eight novels and over thirty books for children. She is also the editor of two essay collections, and her short fiction, essays and articles have appeared in numerous national and literary magazines. Visit her at yonazeldismcdonough.com or facebook.com/yzmcdonough.
Photographer
Joan Roth has had her work featured in publications throughout the world and exhibited in major galleries everywhere. Author of Jewish Women: A World of Tradition and Change, as well as the first book with photographs of New York’s unhoused women.
Executive Editor
Sarah Seltzer edits for the magazine and blog and works with Lilith’s writing cohorts. The former editor of Kveller and Deputy Editor of Flavorwire, she is a widely published journalist, essayist, and book critic. Her debut novel, The Singer Sisters, will be published by Flatiron. Find her at sarahmseltzer.com
Communications, Events & Strategic Partnerships
Rebecca Katz is a Brooklyn-based cartoonist, creative facilitator, and educator. You can see her comics and illustrations on instagram (@katzcomics) and published in Lilith magazine.
Assistant Editor
Arielle Silver-Willner is a former Lilith intern, current staff-member, and frequent contributor to the Lilith blog and magazine. Her work has also been published in Brooklyn Magazine and the Jewish Women’s Archive.
Poetry Editor
Alicia Ostriker, a prizewinning poet, was New York State Poet Laureate in 2018-2021. Her most recent book is The Volcano and After: Selected and New Poems, 2002-2019. A selection of essays about her work can be found online at https://scalar.usc.edu/works/everywoman-her-own-theology/essays-on-ostriker.
Book Review Editor
Ilana Kurshan is the author of If All the Seas Were Ink, a memoir of Talmud study published by St. Martin’s Press. She works as a translator and editor in Jerusalem. ilana@lilith.org
Art Director
Lindsay Barnett has a degree in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she has worked as a designer for a variety of clients ranging from Coach, to the JDC, to the theater company Naked Angels.
Managing Editor Emerita
Naomi Danis, who retired from Lilith in 2020 after 32 years to devote herself to writing children’s books, compiled Lilith’s resource pages, originated the annual roundup of feminist books for young readers, translated work from Hebrew to English in Lilith and elsewhere. Her acclaimed children’s books include I Hate Everyone, While Grandpa Naps and My Best Friend, Sometimes. Click here for her whole-wheat chocolate-chip cookie recipe, a favorite food in the Lilith office.
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Contributing Editors
Alice Sparberg Alexiou, Sarah Blustain, Nina Beth Cardin, Elaine S. Cohen, Naomi Danis, Sue Levi Elwell, Reena Sigman Friedman, Blu Greenberg, Judith Hauptman, Sonia Isard, Francine Klagsbrun, Rachel Kranson, Harriet Lerner, Anne Lapidus Lerner, Audrey Friedman Marcus, Alana Newhouse, Shana Penn, Judith Plaskow, Nessa Rapoport, Danya Ruttenberg, Sandy E. Sasso, Susan Schnur, Amy Stone, Melanie Weiss.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Janet Abrams
Jaymee Alpert
Frances Brandt
Eve Coulson
Charlotte Friedman
Heidi Gralla
Yvette Gralla
Michal Hart Hillman
Natalie Pelavin
Moji Pourmoradi
Marci Rosenberg
Alexis Sclamberg
Susan Weidman Schneider
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITAE
Barbara B. Dobkin
Joyce Goodman
Jamie Kotler
Olga Lara
Brenda Brown Rever
Mildred Weissman z”l
Rose Zoltek-Jick
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