Hasia Diner
I think of her not just as the source of my wallets and maracas, but as a hero of the revolution, someone who stayed when so many of her peers left.
A Kaddish in Havana
Author: Guest Contributor
Elegy for a Mentor
Helen Epstein
I took the job, marveling that my mentor could pay someone to research his whims, too obtuse to appreciate that he was buying me writing time on his own dime.
The Cutting Room: How Joan Didion is Helping Me Process This War
Michal “Maggie” Milstein
When war broke out in Israel and Gaza, I thought of Joan Didion. Why? Because she taught me how to think through a crisis.
Wabi-Sabi
Lisa Simone Kingstone
Miriam sets her alarm at 8.30 a.m. every morning even though she is dying.
The One Who Doesn’t Know How to Ask
Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn
When it comes to infertility, you don’t have to ask. You can listen.
Honoring Queen Esther’s Secret Self
Leah Grisham
This year, with some unlikely help from Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie, I finally have the words to explain why honoring Queen Esther with the name Hadassah is so important to me.
JEWISH WOMEN: BREAST & GYN CANCERS
A Lilith E-Anthology
What follows a breast or gynecological cancer diagnosis can be confounding, with challenging choices, and treatments that carry varying implications.
A New Set of Rituals for Abortion and Pregnancy Loss
Naima Hirsch Gelman
If rituals give us context to mark transitions and liturgy gives us the language to describe them, there is a whole set of transitions and experiences historically ignored within Jewish tradition.
Two Jews, Three Opinions in the Age of Online Rage
Leah Grisham
Historically, Jews have dealt with so much violence, discrimination, and hate enacted by outside forces: we cannot afford to inflict pain against each other. And perhaps–that’s why we inflict pain against each other?
