Mel Weiss
Well, the seders have come and gone, and I for one had a wonderful holiday. Passover’s my favorite holiday, I think, but that also raises the stakes a great deal.… Read more »
The Economic Theory of Passover
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Leveling The Playing Field: Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community, Now in Book Form
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Is my arriving late to a launch party for a book about work-life balance because I had to work late a valid example of situational irony? Or is it just… Read more »
Maternal Myopia
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My children are not perfect. I can say this because I have been a mother for almost seven years, and so have had ample time in which get used to… Read more »
The Last of the Chametz
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In just a few hours, my colleague Efrat and I will set out for the London Book Fair, one of the major annual events in the global publishing industry. There… Read more »
Israel, Sans Rhetoric
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I’m in the midst of the strange experience of having my hopes renewed by The Economist. (Despite our occasionally divergent political ideas—and the fact that I don’t know anything about… Read more »
"Frumka" Group Leader Arrested on Charges of Child Abuse: Reactions
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The news broke last week, and the public, especially the Orthodox community, has been struggling to make sense of the whole thing and who is at fault for the shocking… Read more »
Joseph and the Amazingly Expensive Commodity Crops
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Today, I disagreed with Michael Pollan. (I know – I’m a little bit scared too.) According to an article in today’s NY Times, my favorite foodie believes that the rising… Read more »
Urban/Legends
Mel Weiss
I am a happily self-conscious urban chauvinist, and that’s a fact. I just love cities. As much as I love nature and the pastoral, I just feel very tapped into… Read more »
Weaving Words
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We are often told that the way to learn to write well is by reading great literature. But I think that it is just as important to listen to a… Read more »
To Ignore Bad News Or Not To Ignore Bad News?
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I was tempted to ignore this item of news entirely since, as I’m fond of saying, it’s bad for the Jewesses. Scratch that, it’s just bad in general. The female… Read more »
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It’s May Day 🚩 dig into a treasure trove of fiery Jewish labor activists you may not have heard of—linked in our bio🔥
It’s May Day 🚩 dig into a treasure trove of fiery Jewish labor activists you may not have heard of—linked in our bio🔥
Read this 💎 from our archives.
Isaac Bashevis Singer is the one author by whom thousands of people the world over will measure both Yiddish literature and Jewish culture. But, as Evelyn Torton Beck persuasively argues in this 1979 article, the Nobel Prizewinner’s work is not only a distortion of the reality of East European Jewish life generally—but also permeated with a pernicious view of women as insatiable sexual predators.
Read this 💎 from our archives.
Isaac Bashevis Singer is the one author by whom thousands of people the world over will measure both Yiddish literature and Jewish culture. But, as Evelyn Torton Beck persuasively argues in this 1979 article, the Nobel Prizewinner’s work is not only a distortion of the reality of East European Jewish life generally—but also permeated with a pernicious view of women as insatiable sexual predators.
Shabbat Shalom 💓
Art: Betty LaDuke, "Oregon Summer Joy," from the cover of Lilith`s Winter 1997-1998 issue
Shabbat Shalom 💓
Art: Betty LaDuke, "Oregon Summer Joy," from the cover of Lilith`s Winter 1997-1998 issue
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Are you still looking for a way to express your appreciation for your seder host? Buy them a gift subscription to Lilith magazine! Lilith brings you fresh ideas, compelling culture-creators, thought-provoking articles, and transformative rituals you’ll find nowhere else.
Give the gift of Lilith—link in bio!
wishing you a chag sameach + an orange on your Seder plate 🍊
