Sarah M. Seltzer
We knew this moment would come. But it still hurts.
On the End of Roe: Actually, The Sky is Really Falling
Author: Sarah M. Seltzer
“Here We Are”–– Personal Stories of Gender Injustice in Jewish Spaces
Lilith Staff
Applications are open for “Here We Are,” a one-year writing experience to support and enable diverse survivors of gender abuse to recount their experiences.
Back-to-School Blues and Our Rush to Return to Normal
Sarah M. Seltzer
I don’t know how to handle small worries anymore.
More on the “Jewish Jane Austen”
Lilith staff
A nearly-forgotten. novel of forbidden interfaith love.
Why Jews of Color Are Gathering as a Family This Weekend
Sarah M. Seltzer
An interview with Dr. Harriette Wimms, founder of the JOC Mishpacha Project.
The Pop Culture That Got Lilith’s Staff Through 2020
Lilith Staff
Before we say goodbye to 2020, here are our recommendations for the books, podcasts, television shows that helped us make it through the year.
I Thought I Was Jo: Revisiting “Little Women.”
Sarah M. Seltzer
Little Women’s classic journey from girlhood to womanhood is extra poignant on the other side of the divide.
A Romantic Novel That Acknowledges the Limits of Romance
Sarah M. Seltzer
Miriam Parker’s The Shortest Way Home goes deeper than its bubbly, clear surface, subtly questioning conventional definitions of success for its heroine, Hannah, who begins the novel with a lucrative job and a rich boyfriend.
The Patriarchy-Free Paradise of “Mamma Mia!”
Sarah M. Seltzer
Kalokairi, the fictional Greek island where Donna Sheridan decamps, is a matriarchal paradise: the animals are friendly and the men in thrall to the self-assured women who run things. It’s a place where “having it all” means having cake, dancing, and feeding other people cake while they dance.