Ashley Taylor
Cantor Ben Gottlieb doesn’t want to be inscribed in the Book of Life. Having buried his wife and lost his singing voice, he wants to die. He actually lies down… Read more »
Between the Temples: A Movie for Every Season
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Sonia Delaunay: A Force of Nature
Barbara Taff
How could Delaunay, in Paris in the early twentieth century when women weren’t taken seriously in the arts, have had such an impact—against all odds? And how could I—a practicing artist for decades and with degrees in art—not have known more about her until recently?
A New York Film Festival Focuses on Israelis and Palestinians
Amy Stone
A year after October 7, the Other Israel Film Festival offers an unmitigated demand for understanding, discussion, and openness to the “other.”
I Will Relate
Meichen Waxer
In “I Will Relate to You” at FENTSTER, Meichen Waxer looks to an inherited box of family ephemera and community stories to stitch together the history of Jewish life in northern Ontario.
Ancestor Bread
Orli Cotel
A mother and daughter bake challah, tracing their lineage through the names of the women who came before them.
Art: Seeking Joy In A Broken World
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
This exhibition in the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York reminds us of the importance of seeking joy, even — and especially — now.
Soothe Yourself With Photos of RBG’s Iconic Collars
Courtesy of the Betsy Hotel
It’s been a rough week — so we’re looking back at a simpler time.
Jennifer S. Brown’s New Novel of Prohibition
Hanna R. Neier
Jennifer S. Brown talks to Lilith about her new historical coming-of-age novel, “The Whisper Sister,” and the universal, timeless feeling of displacement experienced by Jews across generations.
A Memoir That’s a Cry for Housing Justice
Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Jennifer Baum talks to Lilith about growing up on the Upper West Side when housing was a human right.
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Happy Valentine’s Day from your friends at Lilith 💌
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!
