Alexa Hulse
Los Angeles-based poet Rhiannon McGavin talks to Lilth about her sophomore collection of poetry, Grocery List Poems.
Rhiannon McGavin on Poems, Dreams, and Tkhines
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Returning to the Mikveh, Revisiting Trauma
Anonymous
Choosing to go to the mikveh this last time felt like something I had to do for myself, alone.
Seeking Emerging Writers Over 40!
Lilith staff
‘The New Forty’ invites women 40 years old to 100+ who are new to writing for publication to participate in a one year Jewish feminist writing cohort.
What Magic Is Ours?
Emily Barth
You can’t make a voodoo doll, I repeat. It isn’t our magic to use. I think of the magic that should be ours to use, instead. The faith we should have in our mezuzot and our medicine. A magic based on belief in the good.
Finding My Grandmother Again, Decades After Auschwitz
Sharon Meiri Fox
Trying to regain my bearings, I clicked on the Yad Vashem link. There, staring right back at the screen for the first time in my life, my grandmother revealed herself to me.
Candlesticks Personified
Kohenet Miki Raver
The candles you place in us burn for exactly three hours. As their glow infuses the room and transforms it to sacred space, we watch you savor your dinner and wine.
I Know Nothing About Tisha B’av
Rebecca S’manga Frank
Tisha B’av is a holiday about mourning. I often feel like I’m in a perpetual state of mourning.
After Covid, Confronting Our Sorrow
Adi Alouf
The reality of our isolation made losses even more difficult to bear.
Today I Will Eat Ashes
Megan J. Smith
Connection destroyed at the expense of productivity, culture at the expense of assimilation.