Arielle Silver-Willner
“We’re evolving ritual in a way that meets people where they’re at, and they’re going home feeling like Jews.”
Meet the Chef Who Hosts a Burlesque Shabbat
Author: Arielle Silver-Willner
What Makes a Love Story: Jessica Soffer On Her New Novel
Arielle Silver-Willner
A love story contains all kinds of other stories: a grief story, a sadness story, a hope story, a hope deserted story.
Not Your Bubbe’s Tupperware Party
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Never before had I heard “lubrication” and “vagina” uttered in the same sentence in a public lecture. But then again, never before had I participated in a sex toy party.
Cory Silverberg On How to Talk about the Things We Don’t Want to Talk About
Arielle Silver-Willner
Inclusive Sex Education, Queerness, and “Giving Young People their Due”
Why the Supreme Court Decision on West Virginia v. The Environmental Protection Agency Is an Attack on Women
Dahlia Rockowitz
By dealing a blow to bold climate action just one week after the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, the Court showed once again that it holds little regard for the rights of women and girls, and the health and safety of families.
Photos: Merle Hoffman’s 50-Year Fight for Reproductive Healthcare
Joan Roth
This year, Choices celebrates its 50th anniversary, and with abortion access once again under attack, it is the perfect time to follow Hoffman’s lead and rededicate ourselves to this fight for justice.
Meet the Queer Jewish Filmmaker Determined to Save the U.S.’s 21 Remaining Lesbian Bars
Arielle Silver-Willner
My work is about shattering the preconceived notions of what it means to be a woman, what it means to be Jewish, what it means to be queer.
Anya Rous on “Pray Away” and Using Film as a Tool for Social Change
Arielle Silver-Willner
Anya Rous’s latest film, Pray Away, lays bare the practice of LGBTQ conversion therapy in the Baptist church, featuring intimate profiles of all parties involved. It’s now streaming on Netflix.
A Twelve-Year Old Fleeing the Pograms
Arielle Silver-Willner
[T]he way that the woodcarvers of Eastern Europe, hounded out of their homes, were able to reinvent themselves here, well, that’s very inspiring..I wanted to shine a light on that story, and then to give a feminist twist.
The Earth Is the Heart of Our Lives
Arielle Silver-Willner
Passover celebrates freedom. However we will only be free when our earth is healthy and able to support our lives for the long term.