Maya Bernstein
Ah — crisp September — You are most welcome here! O Chill in the Air, Dear Crunch of the Apple, Ye Shavings of Sharpened Pencils. This time of year has… Read more »
Back To School
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News from The Sisterhood
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The Lilith blog and the Forward’s new blog for women, The Sisterhood, will be cross-posting exciting new posts from the world(s) of Jewish women. Stay tuned for more! This week… Read more »
Homesick
Maya Bernstein
In his article “Siberia II” in last week’s New Yorker, Ian Frazier packs his readers into his dilapidated van, and takes them for a ride across Siberia. He describes the… Read more »
Summertime, and the camping is easy–for some
Modesty Blasé
There’s no need to take your tefillin to the atheist summer camp. Just launched in the UK, Camp Quest UK, modelled on its American counterpart, offers a “residential summer camp… Read more »
CEO, Home
Maya Bernstein
I recently finished reading Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I did skim, quite liberally, many of his more philosophical chapters, which tend to begin with a question like, “What is… Read more »
Instructional Swim
Maya Bernstein
It is finally upon us – the Jewish annual summertime killjoy – Tisha B’Av – the ninth of Av. My daughter came home from her Chabad day camp last week… Read more »
Road Trip
Maya Bernstein
My husband, Noam, and I just returned from vacation. Swimming in a lake, hiking in the mountains amidst a sea of wild flowers, late afternoon ice-cream cones, and French toast… Read more »
Israel, America, and the changing political status quo
Mel Weiss
Sometimes, Israeli politics and U.S. politics can seem very far apart, very separate, very disconnected. And then there are months like this one. As the question of settlement expansion in… Read more »
Blaming the world's tragedies on women's immodest dress
Modesty Blasé
In Hendonistan, there’s a new message that’s been circulated via email and posted on relevant notice boards inside one particular shul (although by the time you read this, I understand… Read more »
Babysitting
Maya Bernstein
I was roller-blading with my kids in the double stroller this past Sunday, heading from morning mud-pies in the park to summer peaches at the farmer’s market. As I weaved… Read more »
Be a part of the story
Shabbat Shalom.
What books are you turning to for solace this weekend?
Illustration by Rebecca Katz.
Food is our language of love and of comfort. For all those who need a warm bowl of soup right now, no matter the weather, try this healing recipe from @susanbarocas.
Cook it at link in bio.
In the pages of "Frankly Feminist" you`ll find unique and diverse explorations of transitions, intimacies, transgressions, war, the body the soul and belonging.
What better way to celebrate National Short Story Month (and the upcoming long weekend) than with Lilith`s anthology of 40+ years of original Jewish feminist short fiction?
AND when you purchase your copy from Lilith`s Bookshop page a portion of the proceeds will support Lilith`s Jewish feminist journalism--visit the link in our bio!
For Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.
For the mothers in Gaza forced to give their babies water instead of milk.
For the hostages’ families who still don’t know if their loved ones are alive or dead.
For all those whose calls for peace are unheard.
Illustration by @katzcomics
In the latest from Lilith Online, Sarah Yahm discusses her new novel "Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation," and the difficulty in witnessing the declining health of her own mother.
Read it now at the link in bio!
