With pain in our hearts for losses past and, we fear, losses yet to come, Lilith will in coming weeks and months continue to publish the stories of Jewish feminists about terror, loss, displacement, and connection.
When war broke out in Israel and Gaza, I thought of Joan Didion. Why? Because she taught me how to think through a crisis.
A long, hilarious and very Jewish chat with the comedian and writer.
Called the first feminist Sephardi novel, Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco.
Miriam sets her alarm at 8.30 a.m. every morning even though she is dying.
When it comes to infertility, you don’t have to ask. You can listen.
I opened a door to her life.
God has quieted the wind, the moon is shining a path to the desert.
The courage of survivors inspires me. So many people who step forward do not see justice in their cases, or in their lives, but they see themselves as part of a justice continuum.
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.
These flaky, gluten-free cookies are eaten for Norouz, the Persian New Year, and by Persian Jews for the holiday of Purim since both holidays often fall close together on the calendar.
A century-old feminist Sephardi novel is back...and it’s incredible 💫
Lilith fiction editor Yona Zeldis McDonough says: "Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century. Sixteen-year-old Mazaltob is betrothed to José, a rather crude sort from her own community. But she is in love with Jean, who is French, half-Jewish, and an unconventional free spirit. Her competing desires—loyalty to her family, faith and culture, or freedom to love whom she chooses—form the spine of this novel, which exposes the chafing constraints that bound North African Jewish women poised on the cusp of emancipation and decolonization."
You can read an excerpt on Lilith.org, linked in our bio 📚
A century-old feminist Sephardi novel is back...and it’s incredible 💫
Lilith fiction editor Yona Zeldis McDonough says: "Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century. Sixteen-year-old Mazaltob is betrothed to José, a rather crude sort from her own community. But she is in love with Jean, who is French, half-Jewish, and an unconventional free spirit. Her competing desires—loyalty to her family, faith and culture, or freedom to love whom she chooses—form the spine of this novel, which exposes the chafing constraints that bound North African Jewish women poised on the cusp of emancipation and decolonization."
You can read an excerpt on Lilith.org, linked in our bio 📚
Lilith`s spring issue has landed at Lilith HQ and it`s bringing some much-needed sunshine on this cloudy day!
Between the covers you`ll find: Accessibility for synagogues, Shabbat and disability perspectives, an ostomy "bag mitzvah," "Mom Rage," Israeli and Palestinian Novels, an investigation of gender-toxic workplaces, and much more!
Subscribers: Your copy is on it`s way!
Online readers: Check Lilith.org in the next few days!
#unboxing #springissue #disabilitywisdom #Lilith
Lilith`s spring issue has landed at Lilith HQ and it`s bringing some much-needed sunshine on this cloudy day!
Between the covers you`ll find: Accessibility for synagogues, Shabbat and disability perspectives, an ostomy "bag mitzvah," "Mom Rage," Israeli and Palestinian Novels, an investigation of gender-toxic workplaces, and much more!
Subscribers: Your copy is on it`s way!
Online readers: Check Lilith.org in the next few days!
#unboxing #springissue #disabilitywisdom #Lilith
"My Bubbe would have thought that Joan was a “pie in the sky.” She writes of California as if it were Poland."
In "The Cutting Room," writer Maggie Millstein unravels how Joan Didion is helping her process the current violence in the Middle East. A must-read, linked in our bio. 💥
"My Bubbe would have thought that Joan was a “pie in the sky.” She writes of California as if it were Poland."
In "The Cutting Room," writer Maggie Millstein unravels how Joan Didion is helping her process the current violence in the Middle East. A must-read, linked in our bio. 💥
🌸 A preview from the Spring 2024 Issue—arriving shortly on your doorstep and online!
🌼 Read @juliawattsbelser`s article, "Shabbat and The Radical Practice of Rest" right now at lilith.org.
And join us on Friday, May 17, 12-1 pm ET| 11am-12 pm CT| 9-10 am PT for a creative writing workshop with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser to explore how disability wisdom can help us tap into the subversive spiritual power of Shabbat—and disentangle our worth from our work.
Drawing on her article in the latest issue of Lilith, Julia will share creative prompts to spark our imagination and invite us to craft our own micro practices for finding rest and respite in these days. All are welcome. There will be ASL interpretation and closed captions through Zoom.
RSVP at link in Bio
Art by @danakearley
🌸 A preview from the Spring 2024 Issue—arriving shortly on your doorstep and online!
🌼 Read @juliawattsbelser`s article, "Shabbat and The Radical Practice of Rest" right now at lilith.org.
And join us on Friday, May 17, 12-1 pm ET| 11am-12 pm CT| 9-10 am PT for a creative writing workshop with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser to explore how disability wisdom can help us tap into the subversive spiritual power of Shabbat—and disentangle our worth from our work.
Drawing on her article in the latest issue of Lilith, Julia will share creative prompts to spark our imagination and invite us to craft our own micro practices for finding rest and respite in these days. All are welcome. There will be ASL interpretation and closed captions through Zoom.
RSVP at link in Bio
Art by @danakearley
