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Grace Paley, author, activist, extraordinary teacher, died of breast cancer August 22 at the age of 84. She was a remarkable woman, and we interrupt your regularly-scheduled post to bring… Read more »
Remembering Grace Paley
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The G-Word, Among Many
Mel Weiss
There’s been a lot going on in politics this last week, at least scandal-wise. There’s already been an almost obscene amount of airtime and column space devoted to the gentleman… Read more »
A Matriarch's Tomb Is a Great Spot For a Bat Mitzva
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The hot new bat mitzva spot is at a grave sight, the supposed grave sight of the Biblical matriarch Rachel, to be exact. Or so the builders of the new… Read more »
From the Fields to Farm Aid: Where Are the Ladies?
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This year, Farm Aid – that politically-charged, superstar-packed concert and festival that benefits rural farmers – is coming to…New York City. (Don’t laugh! Aside from the Queen County Farm Museum,… Read more »
Working Onwards, with Determination and Hope
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On Tuesday I will fly to Uganda to spend the fall semester studying and traveling. This new beginning also marks the end of my brief stint as a Lilith Blogger.… Read more »
Political Theology, Take Two
Mel Weiss
So I spent many hours this week watching the recent CNN special, God’s Warriors (on YouTube, where you can find it, too). Whew! What a complex and complicated set of… Read more »
Underwear With a Conscience, But No Real Wit
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While there are plenty of serious, discussion-worthy things going on in Israel this week, I’m going to take a walk on the lighter side and turn to a more… Read more »
Tell Me Your Food Story
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I’ve been into polls lately. I don’t mean the political polls concerning the upcoming election (though I’ve been keeping an eye on those as well). I mean informal polls where… Read more »
Genocide Olympics?
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Mia Farrow is an active part of the “Dream for Darfur” campaign. Officially, the Olympic Games are a series of sport competitions, but unofficially they are a global arena for… Read more »
Political Theology, Take One
Mel Weiss
You know when you spend a lot of time thinking about something, and then suddenly it seems to be everywhere? I’ve had that feeling recently. First, Ruth Wisse’s almost-out book,… Read more »
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What fruit is very helpful in training abortion providers?
The papaya! It is a realistic model for the uterus. It resembles it during early pregnancy in size, shape and consistency, and so it’s often used as a tool in medical training for MVAs (manual vacuum aspiration, which is one type of early abortion.) #ReproShabbat
Read one of our most popular pieces of all time from @cdubofsky at 🔗 in bio.
"All my life I’ve heard about how “emotionally destroyed” women are by their abortions. This is largely a Christian narrative, just as the rescinding of women’s human rights has been pushed since Roe v. Wade by the evangelical right."
In honor of ReproShabbat we are revisiting some of Lilith`s groundbreaking reproductive healthcare stories from the archives--read Sally Schloss` 2022 personal essay at the 🔗 in our bio.
What would the Jewish world look like if we had language to say to a woman who miscarried like we do in a shiva house?
Ritual and liturgy play such an important role in the sacred and mundane of Jewish life, and yet we don’t have consistent liturgy for experiences that half of the population undergo. If rituals give us context to mark transitions and liturgy gives us the language to describe them, there is a whole set of transitions and experiences historically ignored within Jewish tradition.
Learn more about how Jewish feminists are working to fill this gap — 🔗 In bio.
"Pregnant? Don`t want to be? Call Jane."
Before Roe, there were the Janes — an underground abortion collective that operated in Chicago from 1969 to 1973. Their work was revolutionary not just for making abortion more accessible, but for their compassionate and respectful approach to reproductive health care.
For Lilith, Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler talked to former members Judith Arcana and Sheila Avruch about the history of the Janes, Jewishness in abortion justice, and how to take power into your own hands.
Read the full conversation — 🔗 in bio!
