Names and Faces
Four Israeli artists illustrating the victims of the October 7th tragedy.
Four Israeli artists illustrating the victims of the October 7th tragedy.
During a Tahara, the Jewish ritual for sanctifying a body after death, we wash the body in a continuous stream of water, we engage in spacious silence, and we recite words which affirm the inherent goodness of every soul, every life an entire world.
We are three weeks into the most threatening time I have lived through as a Jew.
I am sitting shmira – / Guarding the memories of the dead / until they are returned / to their families embrace.
Do we use our pain to unleash violence and hatred onto others? Or do we use our pain as an instrument of compassion, to learn to recognize the pain in others?
Amidst the violence, in response to the violence, we quietly sprinkle the world with this tender presence, creating a mirco-climate of love.
A sermon excerpt from Rabbi Miriam Grossman: Today I need to keep my humanity. And today I need to keep going even without hope. Because hope will come one day.
Elana Sztokman: When horror and sadness at the attacks is accompanied by anger at the government.
A poem from Hila Ratzabi: The earth will hold you better Than God can.
"From the stories generously shared with me and passed down to me through my Bubbie’s journals, I began making art. The installation I created for the FENTSTER window gallery is the most ambitious project to date inspired by this past... [it] serves as a portal, connecting across time and generations—from grandmothers to granddaughters. It reflects on the bonds strengthened by the transmission of knowledge, community care, and resourceful perseverance."
In “I Will Relate to You," Meichen Waxer looks to an inherited box of family ephemera and community stories to stitch together the history of Jewish life in northern Ontario. This installation is on view until December 7, 2024 at FENTSTER presented together with the Ontario Jewish Archives with the support of the Kultura Collective. Curated by Donna Bernardo-Ceriz, Naama Freeman and Evelyn Tauben. Learn more at Lilih Online — link in bio.
Photo by Brittany Carmichael.
"From the stories generously shared with me and passed down to me through my Bubbie’s journals, I began making art. The installation I created for the FENTSTER window gallery is the most ambitious project to date inspired by this past... [it] serves as a portal, connecting across time and generations—from grandmothers to granddaughters. It reflects on the bonds strengthened by the transmission of knowledge, community care, and resourceful perseverance."
In “I Will Relate to You," Meichen Waxer looks to an inherited box of family ephemera and community stories to stitch together the history of Jewish life in northern Ontario. This installation is on view until December 7, 2024 at FENTSTER presented together with the Ontario Jewish Archives with the support of the Kultura Collective. Curated by Donna Bernardo-Ceriz, Naama Freeman and Evelyn Tauben. Learn more at Lilih Online — link in bio.
Photo by Brittany Carmichael.
Our voices and stories are needed now more than ever. Telling our own stories is more than personal — it’s a feminist act. Join Lilith and acclaimed author Carolivia Herron on Wednesday, December 11, 8-9:15 PM Eastern, for a special memoir-writing experience.
Participants will experience Carolivia Herron’s generative writing prompts, which are sure to spark powerful writing. Open to all and appropriate for writers of any level of experience, from emerging to advanced.
Ready to RSVP? Click the link in our bio!
This event is made possible by Barbara Taff in memory of Ann Jackowitz.
Our voices and stories are needed now more than ever. Telling our own stories is more than personal — it’s a feminist act. Join Lilith and acclaimed author Carolivia Herron on Wednesday, December 11, 8-9:15 PM Eastern, for a special memoir-writing experience.
Participants will experience Carolivia Herron’s generative writing prompts, which are sure to spark powerful writing. Open to all and appropriate for writers of any level of experience, from emerging to advanced.
Ready to RSVP? Click the link in our bio!
This event is made possible by Barbara Taff in memory of Ann Jackowitz.
We want to say thank you!
As an independent nonprofit organization, Lilith`s award-winning Jewish feminist journalism, events, and programs are fueled by support from our community! This week, to show our appreciation, we`re giving away a complimentary Lilith tote bag to each supporter who makes a contribution of $36 or more! (Note: Lilith tote bags are sustainably made by a New England-based woman-owned business.)
Plus: One lucky supporter will also be surprised with an additional gift — two books! — a copy of Lilith`s fiction anthology, Frankly Feminist and The Singer Sisters by Lilith Executive Editor Sarah Seltzer!
Make your donation online or by mail before December 8th to receive your gift! (If donating by check, please write "tote bag" on the memo line)
We want to say thank you!
As an independent nonprofit organization, Lilith`s award-winning Jewish feminist journalism, events, and programs are fueled by support from our community! This week, to show our appreciation, we`re giving away a complimentary Lilith tote bag to each supporter who makes a contribution of $36 or more! (Note: Lilith tote bags are sustainably made by a New England-based woman-owned business.)
Plus: One lucky supporter will also be surprised with an additional gift — two books! — a copy of Lilith`s fiction anthology, Frankly Feminist and The Singer Sisters by Lilith Executive Editor Sarah Seltzer!
Make your donation online or by mail before December 8th to receive your gift! (If donating by check, please write "tote bag" on the memo line)
Discover Sophie Bellwoar`s moving mikveh story "I Do Not Remember the Temperature of the Water." now at Lilith Online — link in bio.
Discover Sophie Bellwoar`s moving mikveh story "I Do Not Remember the Temperature of the Water." now at Lilith Online — link in bio.
Big News: The New Issue of Lilith has arrived at HQ! (That means subscribers will be receiving their copies very soon 😉)
What you`ll find inside: Jewish identity and anxiety now, "Write Like a Man," How to be an Orthodox atheist, and so much more.
Find it online at Lilith.org (link in bio)
Big News: The New Issue of Lilith has arrived at HQ! (That means subscribers will be receiving their copies very soon 😉)
What you`ll find inside: Jewish identity and anxiety now, "Write Like a Man," How to be an Orthodox atheist, and so much more.
Find it online at Lilith.org (link in bio)