The Lilith Staff
Lilith staff members share where the shofar is calling them to take action in 5786.
What Is the Shofar Calling You to Do in 5786?
Author: Guest Contributor
She’s an Ultra (Orthodox) Marathoner
Danyael Halprin
Beatie Deutsch is crushing miles and expanding opportunities for women in sports.
“The Matriarchs” Recasts the Torah’s Women
Miranda Jackel
“The Matriarchs” casts the ancillary women of the Torah as brilliant, voluble, endlessly opinionated participants in a women’s Talmud study group.
A Black Flag of Immorality
Feminist Researchers and Activists from Israel
We are raising, what we call in Hebrew a “Black Flag,” to warn against such immoral and illegal actions.
The Weight of Seeing
Stephanie Pell
We are transformed by the weight of what we can no longer pretend not to see.
A Slice of Life in the Galilee, in Wartime
Haviva Ner-David
A wartime dispatch from Haviva Ner-David
Marlee Matlin’s Moment
Pamela Rafalow Grossman
A new documentary spotlights the actress as a pioneer artist and disability rights advocate.
Go Forth O Daughters: Reclaiming the Yiddish “Women’s Bible” in Art
Melissa Weisz
The Tsenerene, or “women’s bible” is at the center of Danielle Alhassid’s project, Go Forth O Daughters, which is currently on view at the Amsterdam Museum.
Thinking About Deportation, from 1492 to 2025
Ruth Behar
Before deportations, there were expulsions. If we go back just over 500 years, to 1492, we are in the era when Columbus landed in the Americas, with the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela.