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Susan Schnur interviews Barbara Aiello
Memoir! The life stories revealed in 35 years of Lilith. A female view of male circumcision. Guiding a child through her cancer. Saying Yizkor for a marriage. Re-considering Jewish sororities.
Table of contents Get the issueThis traditional Jewish rite of passage is how we welcome newborn boys. Now, it’s also inciting both anti-Semitism and a big dose of feminist ambivalence.
The physical inspection was first. Eyes. Nose. On her chin, a thumb opened her jaw. The woman’s hands weren’t soft but they were dry, at least, like salted fish. Minna... Read more »
A rabbi/mom morphed five Jewish principles into rituals for pulling herself and her daughter through a hellish year.
Flying in the face of the stereotypes, Kohn claims they could be precursors for social justice work.
Why do Jewish women write memoir? A guided tour through the life stories revealed in Lilith’s pages — by women like, and very unlike, yourself.
He cheats. She mourns. The unexpected solace from a Jewish way of handling loss.
The Rebbetzin says angels follow you and defend you when you die — unless you speak ill,in which case the angels are injured. They bruise blue... Read more »