Lilith Magazine

Yona Zeldis McDonough

“Silence has underscored my life, with my grandmother hiding her Russian Jewish past from her daughters and, in turn, my mother hiding it from me until I was eighteen years old.”

Surviving Mengele, Telling Their Story

Yona Zeldis McDonough

“I think most Jewish kids know the details of the Holocaust when they’re young.”

When Women Were Sent Away …

Barbara Mende

Roe v. Wade spelled the end of the need to put your life on hold if you became pregnant by accident.

The Abortion I Had That’s None of Your Business

Racelle Rosett

Many of us have lost sleep over the direction our country has taken. I offer my story here with the understanding that we must prepare to take care of each other.

Celebrating the Choice to be Childfree, Breaking a Taboo

Chanel Dubofsky

With reproductive rights under threat, a film reminds to celebrate and respect those who choose not to parent.

I Left Kyiv Due to Antisemitism. But I’m Back, and Staying.

Helen Chervitz

It was challenging to adjust to my second-time-around life in the Ukrainian capital. But eventually, the city has grown, or regrown, on me. And now I’m staying put.

Meet the Jewish Riotgrrrl Behind the World’s Only Drumming Magazine for Women

Alexa Hulse

“The drum industry has notoriously been a self-proclaimed boys club,” says Jewish Riotgrrrl Mindy Abovitz Monk — this is exactly why she decided to create Tom Tom. Lilith talked to her about the magazine’s genesis, fighting for the male dollar, and dressing up as an alien for her Bat Mitzvah.

Maggie Anton’s New Novel of the Talmud

Yona Zeldis McDonough

Author Maggie Anton—who wrote the acclaimed trilogy Rashi’s Daughters—talks about how her new novel, “The Choice,” both exposes and dismantles gender inequities.