Leah Grisham
This year, with some unlikely help from Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie, I finally have the words to explain why honoring Queen Esther with the name Hadassah is so important to me.
Honoring Queen Esther’s Secret Self
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Crunching Poppyseeds on Purim
Susan Barocas
These flaky, gluten-free cookies are eaten for Norouz, the Persian New Year, and by Persian Jews for the holiday of Purim since both holidays often fall close together on the calendar.
Our Embryos Aren’t Children, but I Wish They Were
Rabbi Jen Gubitz
We cannot let state or federal legislation determine when life begins, forcing the hegemony of Christian scripture on our wombs or on our dreams.
JEWISH WOMEN: BREAST & GYN CANCERS
A Lilith E-Anthology
What follows a breast or gynecological cancer diagnosis can be confounding, with challenging choices, and treatments that carry varying implications.
Not All Who Wander Are Lost: On S.L. Wisenberg’s Essays
Nina Lichtenstein
In the end, the yearning for home, or perhaps more specifically to belong, is a shared human condition.
A New Set of Rituals for Abortion and Pregnancy Loss
Naima Hirsch Gelman
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.
A Legacy of Mildred Weissman’s Delight in Art
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
A champion of women’s rights, social justice, and Jewish culture, Weissman’s wonderful art collection is now on view at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum.
Two Jews, Three Opinions in the Age of Online Rage
Leah Grisham
Historically, Jews have dealt with so much violence, discrimination, and hate enacted by outside forces: we cannot afford to inflict pain against each other. And perhaps–that’s why we inflict pain against each other?
We Meet at the Well: Miriam, Hagar and Me
Rachel Edelman
Exile can be a place for sustained nourishment: the same activism that led me out of Jewish community came to tether me back in.
Be a part of the story
This poem from Alicia Ostriker is exactly what we needed to read today.
Read more of Alicia`s work in Lilith`s latest issue — link in bio.
📷: Rachel Goldberg-Polin by @joanrothphotography
How are you entering into Shabbat this week?
We feel caught in the swirl of @lynneavadenka`s prints.
Her Invention series—which accompanied "Identity and Anxiety in Turbulent Times" in Lilith`s Fall 2024 issue—was created with Hebrew wood and metal type printed letterpress on a Vandercook proof press, part of a body of work that celebrated Jewish women’s roles in early Hebrew printing. Each piece includes Hebrew text excerpts: “She works willingly with her hands” from Eishet Chayil, in The Book of Proverbs. “Great Invention,” which is what David Gans said about printing in 1592.
Happy Pride!
Since our inception in 1976, Lilith has been a home and a microphone for queer writers and artists--and their stories. Pictured here is just a small sampling of these stories.
Here`s to the past 50 years...and many more to come 🌈
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