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Lilith is hailed in the Guide as “a leader in in-depth feminist journalism.”
Lilith Magazine Named One of North America’s Jewish Organizations Having the Greatest Impact on the Lives of Women and Girls
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Can a Non-Jewish Spouse “Step Away” From Jewish Fears?
Olivia Spencer
A writer from “trendy West London” talks about the complexity of joining a Jewish family–but feeling the inherent safety in being able to “step away” from the prejudices that could plague her husband and children. Are non-Jewish spouses immune from anti-Jewish discrimination–in England, and everywhere?
“Be Prepared” To Protest The Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Power Play
by Heidi Gralla
I guess I can’t really take any personal credit for this, but I’m gratified that a chorus of protest, including mine, has prompted the Boy Scouts of America to re-evaluate its policy banning participation by gays and lesbians.
PAULA HYMAN (1946-2011) At the Center of Change
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Paula Hyman was at the forefront of the religious and intellectual struggles that generated these changes. Her influence extended both into the academy and far beyond it, affecting the lives of Jewish females in schools and congregations in ways of which many are still unaware.
Women’s Roundtable Podcast: Abortion in Israel
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In this installment, we take a look at abortion in Israel and the ways in which Jewish women are shaping American politics. Plus–the ladies tackle the topic of “what Jewish feminism means to me.”
Riding the Buses in Jerusalem
by Nancy K. Kaufman
Cross-posted with The NCJW Insider. I am writing from Jerusalem where I am on a study tour with 23 women from the National Council of Jewish Women. We are here… Read more »
Sneak Peek! A Reconsideration of Jewish Sororities
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Remember the opening scene of Legally Blonde? Or the Saturday Night Live salutation “Delta, Delta, Delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya?” To many observers, sororities look like… Read more »
Being Ima on and off the Bima
by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer
Cross-posted with Ima (on and off) the Bima. Last night, I noticed a tweet from Rabbi Jason Miller, sharing with me an article written on the Forward’s Sisterhood blog. I… Read more »
Women's Roundtable Podcast: Fashion and Feminist Rituals
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Here’s the latest from the Women’s Roundtable Podcast, with Lilith editor in chief Susan Weidman Schneider, Lilith assistant editor Sonia Isard, and the Forward’s Debra Nussbaum Cohen and Gabrielle Birkner.… Read more »
Sisters in Arms
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Elisa Albert, author of The Book of Dahlia and How This Night is Different, writes for Tablet Magazine about how “playing the defiant Vashti in a day school Purim play… Read more »