Merissa Nathan Gerson
A ba’al tshuva friend suggested I read William Zinsser’s On Writing Well to help clean up my prose. I read it like bible roulette. Make a wish, close your eyes,… Read more »
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Category: Lilith Online
Jennifer Gilmore on "Something Red"
Yona Zeldis McDonough
It’s the summer of 1979 and Sharon Goldstein, a professional caterer, is in her Washington, DC kitchen making dinner for her extended family. Her eldest child—Ben—is about to leave for… Read more »
I Was In Love With A Medicine Worker
Merissa Nathan Gerson
I was in love with a medicine worker. We sat in the mountains at an outdoor café towards the end of my four-month trip to South Africa. We were sealed… Read more »
Charity Auctions Online: Benefits Beyond Financial Success
Susan Weidman Schneider
Cross-posted with eJewish Philanthropy. You may have noticed that the gala benefit season is in full swing, and extreme donor fatigue has set in for some. In an email last… Read more »
Lilith’s Contemporary Salons for Smart, Savvy Jewish Women
Susan Weidman Schneider
Cross-posted with eJewish Philanthropy. How do women move from diagnosing what’s wrong with the world to taking action to improve it? I had ample opportunity to mull this over when… Read more »
Becoming a Man in my Family
Merissa Nathan Gerson
In a hot tub in California I met my cousin Ruthie for the first time. I had known her my entire life, but never like I did in our bathing… Read more »
The Passover Purge
Liz Lawler
Are you gonna finish that? If you do, are you going to keep it down? The Passover Purge has me thinking about bulimia and Jews. I hear the word “purge”… Read more »
Glee’s Rachel Berry Confronts Her “Jewish Nose”
Emma Gray
Last week, Glee aired a much-anticipated 90-minute episode, entitled “Born This Way,” after Lady Gaga’s inclusive anthem. During the episode, each character deals with the things about themselves that they… Read more »
Commemorating
Maya Bernstein
It was one week into my family’s trip to Israel, and we lost our camera. Perhaps it was stolen. Most likely it fell out of the bottom of the stroller,… Read more »
Horton Hatches Her Own Egg: Yes, I had My Own Baby
Liz Lawler
My child was intended. Meaning—I intended his life, and intended to parent him. There was a decisive moment when we entered into “the process” so to speak. So I remember… Read more »