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A century-old feminist Sephardi novel is back...and it’s incredible 💫
Lilith fiction editor Yona Zeldis McDonough says: "Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century. Sixteen-year-old Mazaltob is betrothed to José, a rather crude sort from her own community. But she is in love with Jean, who is French, half-Jewish, and an unconventional free spirit. Her competing desires—loyalty to her family, faith and culture, or freedom to love whom she chooses—form the spine of this novel, which exposes the chafing constraints that bound North African Jewish women poised on the cusp of emancipation and decolonization."
You can read an excerpt on Lilith.org, linked in our bio 📚
A century-old feminist Sephardi novel is back...and it’s incredible 💫
Lilith fiction editor Yona Zeldis McDonough says: "Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century. Sixteen-year-old Mazaltob is betrothed to José, a rather crude sort from her own community. But she is in love with Jean, who is French, half-Jewish, and an unconventional free spirit. Her competing desires—loyalty to her family, faith and culture, or freedom to love whom she chooses—form the spine of this novel, which exposes the chafing constraints that bound North African Jewish women poised on the cusp of emancipation and decolonization."
You can read an excerpt on Lilith.org, linked in our bio 📚
Lilith`s spring issue has landed at Lilith HQ and it`s bringing some much-needed sunshine on this cloudy day!
Between the covers you`ll find: Accessibility for synagogues, Shabbat and disability perspectives, an ostomy "bag mitzvah," "Mom Rage," Israeli and Palestinian Novels, an investigation of gender-toxic workplaces, and much more!
Subscribers: Your copy is on it`s way!
Online readers: Check Lilith.org in the next few days!
#unboxing #springissue #disabilitywisdom #Lilith
Lilith`s spring issue has landed at Lilith HQ and it`s bringing some much-needed sunshine on this cloudy day!
Between the covers you`ll find: Accessibility for synagogues, Shabbat and disability perspectives, an ostomy "bag mitzvah," "Mom Rage," Israeli and Palestinian Novels, an investigation of gender-toxic workplaces, and much more!
Subscribers: Your copy is on it`s way!
Online readers: Check Lilith.org in the next few days!
#unboxing #springissue #disabilitywisdom #Lilith
"My Bubbe would have thought that Joan was a “pie in the sky.” She writes of California as if it were Poland."
In "The Cutting Room," writer Maggie Millstein unravels how Joan Didion is helping her process the current violence in the Middle East. A must-read, linked in our bio. 💥
"My Bubbe would have thought that Joan was a “pie in the sky.” She writes of California as if it were Poland."
In "The Cutting Room," writer Maggie Millstein unravels how Joan Didion is helping her process the current violence in the Middle East. A must-read, linked in our bio. 💥
🌸 A preview from the Spring 2024 Issue—arriving shortly on your doorstep and online!
🌼 Read @juliawattsbelser`s article, "Shabbat and The Radical Practice of Rest" right now at lilith.org.
And join us on Friday, May 17, 12-1 pm ET| 11am-12 pm CT| 9-10 am PT for a creative writing workshop with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser to explore how disability wisdom can help us tap into the subversive spiritual power of Shabbat—and disentangle our worth from our work.
Drawing on her article in the latest issue of Lilith, Julia will share creative prompts to spark our imagination and invite us to craft our own micro practices for finding rest and respite in these days. All are welcome. There will be ASL interpretation and closed captions through Zoom.
RSVP at link in Bio
Art by @danakearley
🌸 A preview from the Spring 2024 Issue—arriving shortly on your doorstep and online!
🌼 Read @juliawattsbelser`s article, "Shabbat and The Radical Practice of Rest" right now at lilith.org.
And join us on Friday, May 17, 12-1 pm ET| 11am-12 pm CT| 9-10 am PT for a creative writing workshop with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser to explore how disability wisdom can help us tap into the subversive spiritual power of Shabbat—and disentangle our worth from our work.
Drawing on her article in the latest issue of Lilith, Julia will share creative prompts to spark our imagination and invite us to craft our own micro practices for finding rest and respite in these days. All are welcome. There will be ASL interpretation and closed captions through Zoom.
RSVP at link in Bio
Art by @danakearley
