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Food and grief go together in the Jewish tradition. Shiva, the seven day period that begins after a funeral, begins with seudat havra’ah, “the meal of consolation,” and gifts other… Read more »
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The Battle of the Sexes in Israel
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Two controversial decisions are being made in Israel right now regarding the equality of the sexes. The news that encompasses more of the country is that an Israeli Defense Forces… Read more »
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I’ve had, for obvious reasons, Sukkot on the brain this week. One of the themes I’ve been dwelling on, if you’ll forgive the pun, is that of the small world.… Read more »
Get a Piece
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What do you get when you cross sexy, meat-eschewing superstars with an attention hungry activist organization? PETA’s first ever “naked veggie testimonial PSA.” The People for the Ethical Treatment of… Read more »
Vow Making in the New Year
Mel Weiss
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 »
Madonna and Kabbalah
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Madawna? She loves us! In case it wasn’t already apparent, it is now officially official – Judaism is so hot right now. Madonna, the queen of hot-right-now, has announced herself… Read more »
Glean
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Sukkot is coming up next week. As a self-described natural Jew, I love this harvest holiday. I love decorating a sukkah with gourds and juicy apples (or in the case… Read more »
Rabbis Are People, Too, Even the Abusive Ones
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In his pre-Rosh Hashana Editor’s Note, Baltimore Jewish Times editor Neil Rubin reflected on what he learned in the wake of breaking the story about rampant sexual abuse in the… Read more »
Just Not Getting It
Mel Weiss
It’s politics slightly closer to home this week—politics of the Jewish community. Specifically, the return to chauvinism. You might think I’m taking about the now-(in)famous Maxim/Israel spread, but no—we’re on… Read more »
Date Honey
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Last week, I got a call from my boyfriend’s mother as I was walking to my local co-op. “Yosh’s dad and I went to a shiur yesterday.” she told me.… Read more »
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It’s time for your Rosh Chodesh (new moon) check-in! Join Rabbi Jaymee Alpert of Neshama Body and Soul for a moment of mindful Jewish movement to kick off the month of Iyar 🐝
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After the revolution, who`s going to pick up the garbage?
Join Lilith magazine for a screening of "Maintenance Artist," the first feature-length documentary about groundbreaking artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, at IFC Center. Ukeles has been a revolutionary force in contemporary art since the 1960s, becoming the NYC Sanitation Department’s first artist-in-residence in 1977, and achieving global artistic celebrity. Born in Denver to an Orthodox rabbi, most of Ukeles’ work presents as secular, but it’s driven by a radically humanist and feminist understanding of Orthodoxy.
Stay tuned afterward for a talkback with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Toby Perl Freilich and Pamela Grossman, who profiled Ukeles in the latest issue of Lilith.
When: Sunday, April 26, 3:15 pm
Where: IFC Center, 323 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014
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How can we, as feminists, support Epstein’s survivors and resist their revictimization?
Sarah Seltzer, Lilith’s Executive Editor, discusses this with Lindsay Beyerstein, an award-winning investigative journalist who covered the billionaire-pedophile saga. Their full conversation will be in the next issue of Lilith. Subscribe at 🔗 in bio.
Anna Walinska was a bold artist ahead of her time. Her niece, Rosina Rubin, writes at Lilith Online: "When she was in her final days, my aunt told me that she was not afraid to die but that she needed my help."
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On Yom HaShoah, we remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. We also honor the reverberations of this trauma, passed down from generation to generation.
In “My View from the 4th Generation,” Anna Štičková reflects on how, when she was growing up in a secular Czech Jewish family, her consciousness of being Jewish came through two people: her “Uncle” Hary, who visited her family from Holland and had a strange number tattooed on his arm, and her grandmother’s stories about Evicka, one of the people who did not come back from the war. Eva was six when she had to go to the gas chamber.
Read it now in Lilith’s latest issue — 🔗 in bio.
