Valerie Estrina
Who are women, when no one’s watching? In an empty, candlelit room with no one there to reprimand us for wanting?
Wanting as an Act: Female Desire in “Nosferatu” and “Babygirl”
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Finally, a Holocaust Movie That Trusts Us
Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler
Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler on the refreshing lack of moralizing in Jesse Eisenberg’s film A Real Pain.
Intrepid Pioneers & Creating a Storm: A Conversation with Isabelle Seddon
Barbara Gingold
Friends Barbara Gingold and Isabelle Seddon discuss the intersections of feminism, family, Israel, and Seddon’s recent publications Intrepid Pioneers: Jewish Women in the Public Arena and its sequel, Creating a Storm: Jewish Women in the World of Art and Culture, scheduled for publication in January 2025.
Turning the Page on 2024
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As 2024 comes to a close, we invite you to support a new year of uncompromising, award-winning Jewish feminist journalism. Just click here!
Lilith Q&A with Nora Dahlia, author of Pick-Up
Hanna R. Neier
Nora Dahlia talks to Hanna Neier about the birth of the “mom-com” genre and the great divide between appearances and reality.
Six Jewish Feminist Highlights of a Tough Year
Helene Meyers
Gentle Lilith readers, I’ve been doing this Jewish feminist end-of-year roundup for 10 years now. My list has always included 7 highlights because 7 is the number associated with blessing… Read more »
Between the Temples: A Movie for Every Season
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 »
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.
Be a part of the story
"This has been an experiment of sorts, inspired by my own Jewish journey and ongoing rabbinical studies, emphasizing a decentralized, unconventional Judaism in the South. I’m part of a broader phenomenon of young Jews who are building spaces outside institutions in the South and everywhere."
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We heard it`s Lesbian Visibility Week 👀
Are you familiar with this beloved Jewish lesbian photo? Photographer Chloe Sherman (@chloedsherman) shared the story behind it in a 2023 interview with Lilith`s Alexa Hulse (@alexabhulse). Read it now at 🔗 in bio—and stay tuned for more iconic Jewish lesbian content all week long 🌈
Photo: "Kindred Spirits, 1994" by Chloe Sherman
Happy National Poetry Month! 🩷
Last spring, Alicia Ostriker talked to Lilith about her latest collection, the female side of God, and how poetry can be a path to tikkun olam (repairing the world). Read it now — 🔗 in bio!
🌷 Shabbat Shalom 🌷
Photo by Lilith`s Associate Editor, Arielle Silver-Willner
Pause your scroll!
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 🐝
Learn more about Neshama Body and Soul — 🔗 in bio!
