Maya Bernstein
I am back on the train again. Strangely, this morning, it is the window that is foggy, preventing me from seeing clearly the world beyond, rather than the air being… Read more »
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Category: Lilith Online
With and Without (Part 1)
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At the heart of it all is a story that these days, I rarely tell. Most of the time, when I offer the stories of my past lives, they’re about… Read more »
Introducing…
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Three days before the end of Passover, I’m sitting on the floor, surrounded by a group of other Jewish feminists, staring down an orange. We peel away the lumpy flesh… Read more »
Information Overload vs. Our Spiritual GPS
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Recently, I’ve seen an interesting pairing of movies that address God’s relationship to Humankind, and Humankind’s relationship to people who explain the relationship to God. First, I saw “A Serious… Read more »
Jewdaho: Pesach and Purification
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Next year in the Holy Land, next year in Jerusalem. This is what we say, leapfrogging off Purim and into two nights of intense lounging, heavy drinking, treasure hunts, and… Read more »
All Those Who Are Hungry
Mel Weiss
Allow me to state the obvious: the weeks leading up to Pesach are a time for thinking about food. That’s not only my very Jewish opinion—it’s my assertion as a… Read more »
Angel's Landing, Nancy Sitting
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Last year I visited Zion National Park in Utah as part of the great road trip that exists on Interstate 15 between Pocatello and San Diego, where my parents now… Read more »
Rapunzel, Rapunzel
Amy Stone
Rapunzel, Rapunzel. Disney thinks your name is too girly girly and is calling its upcoming Rapunzel 3D cartoon vision “Tangled.” The Disney Juggernaut fears that giving the film a girl’s… Read more »
Sacred Female, Sacred You
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Whitewashed, faded walls. Oddly set stones. Paintings on cave walls. Figurines of busty women with hamentasch loincloths. However many religious layers exist beneath the particular spot of ground you’re standing… Read more »
Our Bodies–As We See Them, and As Others Do
Susan Weidman Schneider
This season has seen a crazy explosion of outdated and limiting images of women, often specifically Jewish women. Is it the recession? Does economic anxiety cause people to unleash these… Read more »