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“Be warned,” Ellen Litman writes in Ha’aretz. “The Book of Dahlia is not the kind of book in which a girl gets an incurable brain tumor and learns an important… Read more »

Economies of Scale

I feel chastened, somewhat, having written about my ambivilent attitude towards Israel just days before murdered eight students in a yeshiva there. That the yeshiva is associated with the religious… Read more »

Hideous Kinky

The other night, a friend and I went to a reading at the East Village’s cozy The reading was decidedly unsexy, too self-conscious to be much more than yet another… Read more »

Philanthropy Begins at Home

We all know the stereotypes about Jews and money, but what if you’re Jewish and you don’t have any money to speak of? It’s one thing to help the UJA/Federation… Read more »

Orthodox Slam Safe Sex Campaign

Looks like Agudath Israel has taken a cue from Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger. As the JTA reports, the “leading U.S. umbrella group of fervently Orthodox Jews” (the fervent equivalent… Read more »

Achievements in Inclusiveness

In all the post-show analysis of this year’s Oscars, someone has finally noticed that the traditional gender-segregation of awards is not, well, natural. Sarah Churchwell writes in the Guardian, “Although… Read more »

Be a part of the story

"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.
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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.
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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)
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