Author: InternsFall21

Draw Close: A Conversation with Poet Alisha Kaplan

Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

Alisha Kaplan talks to Lilith about sacrificial offerings, ritual, and her debut poetry collection.

Genetic Screening is More Urgent Than Ever

Sarah Leibov

Jewish and Thinking About Getting Pregnant? Get Tested NOW. 2 in 3 Jews test positive as a carrier of genetic disease.

Bloody Bat Mitzvah

Aria Knepler-Pearl

As a girl who is lucky enough to have access to information and supplies for my period, it’s my job to help other girls and women who don’t have as much as me.

Is Body Neutrality a Jewish Value?

Hannah Meyer

“The road to a disordered relationship with food and exercise was paved with well-intentioned comments about my appearance and eating habits.”

That Time I Dressed as a Mechitza… for Feminism

Danielle Durchslag

So, T and I came up with a compromise. I would show up to her daughter’s Purim reading, in costume, dressed AS a mechitza, and stand on the men’s side.

Fiction: “Worms”

Simona Zaretsky

Spider crawls across the rim of pot. I flick it into the rain pounding down. Search the flowerbeds for squirming bodies, run my fingers gently through wet earth waiting for their silky touch.