Rachel Edelman
Exile can be a place for sustained nourishment: the same activism that led me out of Jewish community came to tether me back in.
We Meet at the Well: Miriam, Hagar and Me
Author: Guest Contributor
A Modern Illuminated Manuscript
Susan H. Picker and Jean Bloch Rosensaft
Artist Debra Band has produced the first-ever fully illustrated Qohelet ((The Book of Ecclesiastes).
I’m 10 And I’ve Gone Through More Than Most Adults
Hana Wildman Halpern
When I watch “dramatic” TV shows, they don’t seem like much compared to my life.
The Silence Surrounding the Sexual Violence of October 7th
Diana Bletter
Even after more documentation has emerged, UN Women, has still refused to condemn Hamas’ horrific sexual crimes or recognize that they even happened.
“We Have a Shelter”–A Sign That Says Everything
Ruth Ebenstein
I want to climb into that sign’s invite. Where different kinds of people mix to spend those moments of grace.
The Secret Archivists of the Warsaw Ghetto
Lauren Grodstein
…and their counterparts in Israel and Gaza today.
Behold Feminine Power!
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
“Activate: A New York Woman’s Perspective,” now at he Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, explores multifaceted expressions of feminine power amidst complex and fraught socio-political dynamics tied to bodies and heritage, intimacy and otherness, sex and religion.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s Searing Family Inquiry
Lynn Melnick
In her newest work, the brilliant memoir “Touching the Art,” Sycamore examines her relationship with her grandmother Gladys.
The Skin I’m In: Ozempic, Fatphobia, and Hunger
D B Ashkenazi
I’m waiting for the day that my body isn’t a point of discussion at all.
Picturing Those Who Were Taken
Names and Faces
Four Israeli artists illustrating the victims of the October 7th tragedy.