The current issue of Lilith magazine includes a conversation between our own Melanie Weiss and London-based author Sally Berkovic, titled “Orthodox and Feminist: The Dreaded ‘F’ Word,” about this year’s… Read more »
I have a confession. I am addicted to food blogs. Every other day or so I start to itch, craving the updates from my blogger friends at Orangette, Chocolate and… Read more »
The Torah mandates that every Jew give a portion of her harvest to the poor as a form of tzedaka (Leviticus 19:9-10). Whereas our ancestors reaped their annual harvest, many… Read more »
I’m all about free video clips on YouTube, but the recent Democratic debates constitute a category of their own. CNN and YouTube teamed up to bring questions to the candidates… Read more »
A Woman’s Place…Is in the Workplace An article in last week’s Contra Costa Times discusses what some consider to be the “stained-glass ceiling” for female clergy in many religious denominations:… Read more »
This week, a couple in Indiana and two children in Texas were hospitalized with serious outbreaks of botulism. In both cases, the sickness is most likely tied to tainted chili… Read more »
Fleeing the Janjawid isn’t the only way that Darfurian women are fighting for their lives—they are also struggling to prevent maternal mortality by becoming midwives. Sudan has the fifth-highest maternal… Read more »
One big story in the international department this week is sure to be Turkey’s recent election. I’ll own up to a minor obsession with Turkey’s history and politics, but I… Read more »
This week I had the privilege of attending the closing brunch and plenary session of the 93rd Annual Hadassah National Convention, in which newly elected president Nancy Falchuk was officially… Read more »
These days it seems to me like I could end the genocide in Darfur with a little Internet shopping. For example, I could start by purchasing a Green Day T-shirt… Read more »
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
