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It seems that the question of communication versus righteous anger just won’t leave us alone. Frank Rich’s op-ed piece in this Sunday’s New York Times made me feel shame and… Read more »

Food for Thought

Last Monday I went to an event called “Eating Local in Brooklyn,” hosted by the uber-foodie organization, Slow Food NYC. I didn’t realize, walking in to the event, that I… Read more »

I Am Woman, Hold My Torah

The observance of the Simchat Torah holiday, the time when Jews celebrate the end and beginning of the Torah reading cycle, was particularly celebratory — and historically significant – this… Read more »

Nation, Religion, Humanity

The question of nation and religion loomed pretty large for me this week. I took John McCain’s comment that America is a Christian nation as further proof that he’s completely… Read more »

Food and Remembrance

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A Small World, After All

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Get a Piece

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Vow Making in the New Year

The High Holiday season maybe technically over, but the lessons we take away will, I hope, linger a bit. I had the pleasure of spending Kol Nidrei at Rabbi Judith… 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🔥

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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.
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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!
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wishing you a chag sameach + an orange on your Seder plate 🍊

wishing you a chag sameach + an orange on your Seder plate 🍊 ...