Eleanor J. Bader
A documentary about the life of Andrea Dworkin comes to light 20 years after her passing.
A New Andrea Dworkin Documentary
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A Roundup of Jewish Poetry Collections by Jewish Women
Laura Hodes
Calling all Jewish poetry lovers — this one is for you!
Excerpt: “The Second Circumcision of Lili Rosen”
Lili Rosen
A taste of Lili Rosen’s new solo show about her journey of self-discovery.
Poem: Picking Fruit After October 7
Elizabeth Edelglass
A poem for Sukkot, and the anniversary of October 7.
Building Justice: Lessons from Sukkot
Rabbi Miriam Grossman
The lessons of Sukkot, of material and collective work, have something to teach all of us who seek justice about determination and finding our shared power.
The Café: Is apology on the menu?
Kayla Tzedek
Waitress — I want something else. I want him to be accountable.
JWA Book Talk With Lilith: “The Singer Sisters”
Judith Rosenbaum and Sarah Seltzer
Judith Rosenbaum, CEO of the Jewish Women’s Archive, talks with Lilith Magazine staffer Sarah Seltzer about her book, The Singer Sisters.
Finding Myself in a Memoir About Someone Else
Shayna Goodman
Trauma does not exist in a vacuum — it’s always layered.
Crossing the Narrow Bridge
Maya Bernstein and Jessica Jacobs
Poets gathered to figure out how to hear and be heard in fraught times.
“The Path Forward” Follows Those Who Pursue Peace
Helene Meyers
In a world divided, how do we move forward? This much-needed documentary co-directed by Julie Cohen, an American Jew, and Mo Husseini, an American Palestinian, shows us one way.
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Tamar Sagiv, an Israeli-born New York-based cellist and composer, recently released her debut album “Shades of Mourning.” The album includes nine original compositions, each uniquely touching on themes of grief. Inspired by the death of her grandmother, the album is both about personal and universal emotion.
Find listings for this album and other new Jewish feminist music, art, theater productions and more in the Happening section of Lilith`s current issue!
🔗 in bio.
“Among the men who will oppose the presence of women on the bimah will be many who fear that a menstruating woman will contaminate them and the sacred objects on the bimah, especially the Torah. Others… will be awed and humiliated by the woman whose competence in religious matters clearly exceeds their own.”
Just 50 years ago, the Jewish Theological Seminary wouldn’t let women be Conservative rabbis. They offered justifications like the one above from JTS’s Chairman of the Department of Pastoral Psychiatry, Mortimer Ostow.
In Lilith’s Spring/Summer 1977, one of Lilith’s founding mothers, Amy Stone, reports on the Seminary’s refusal to ordain women as rabbis—and the tireless efforts of women like Sandy Levine and Lynn Gottlieb to show that a woman’s place is on the bimah.
Read at 🔗 in bio.
📸 by Bill Ashe and Martin Kharrazi
(FYI: Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb became the first woman ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement in 1981. Sandy Levine, now Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon, was ordained by the Reform movement in 1981 and became the first woman rabbi in Israel.)
What is the next unjust barrier we need to break?
What Jewish practices, ancient and emerging, can help us meet this moment?
Lilith is excited to partner on the @bigjewishgathering—a bold new experiment in Jewish spiritual and cultural life. Join us for a two-day spiritual laboratory on January 24–25 in Brooklyn where emerging and established Jewish leaders will co-create a Judaism that meets this moment — one that is rooted, relevant, and alive.
Read @gxslosberg`s profile of @lovingfife at 🔗 in bio from Lilith`s Summer 2021 issue— and then learn from her next weekend!
We are excited to welcome the fifth cohort of The New 40, Lilith`s fellowship for emerging Jewish feminist writers over 40 (this year, over 45)!
Make it loud in the comments for these 11* new participants!
And stay tuned for new writing from New 40 alums at publishing soon at Lilith Online...
*Two participants have chosen to keep their identity private at this time
