Lilith Feature
Feminist MourningReclaiming a ritual
The Triangle Fire as a comic-strip narrative. Judith Plaskow and Annette Daum on Christian feminist anti-Semitism. Why can’t women say kaddish? How to get what we want by the year 2000.
Table of contents Get the issueI met Ruth quite by accident, at a restaurant in Tel Aviv. I was with the Director of the Israel Government Tourist Office, for I was doing travel articles on... Read more »
A young girl’s struggle to be her father’s "Kaddish" finds an important ally in her grandfather.
Saying Kaddish is a consciousness-raiser when two sisters try to honor their mother’s memory.
A cross-section of Jewish feminist activists dream a different future, and chart the course toward it.
LILITH: Let’s pick up on the article about Christian feminist anti-Semitism. Where, precisely, is it occurring? Among which elements in the church? PLASKOW: First let me describe the two levels... Read more »
Some recent feminist spiritual writing reveals old biases in new books.
There is a new myth developing in Christian feminist circles. It is a myth which tells us that the ancient Hebrews invented patriarchy: that before them the goddess reigned in... Read more »
Dear LILITH: I thoroughly enjoyed Cynthia Ozick’s “Notes Toward Finding the Right Question ” [issue #6]. Having fought these battles for so long, I had thought that I was past... Read more »