Spring 2025

Taking Charge

Reshaping the women of the Bible. Standing up for immigrants now. Checking in with Jennifer Weiner. Costume art.

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Lilith Feature

Bonnet, Crowns, Mohawks and Me

How one Jewish artist uses costumes to comment on culture and society—inspired by her grandmother’s hats.

Lilith Feature

How to Show Up for Immigrants

Five things you can do, now.

Lilith Feature

Checking in With Jennifer Weiner

In which The Griffin Sisters meet the Singer Sisters.

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The Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor Has Died

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New Yorker Rose Girone, who celebrated her 113th birthday on January 13 and was believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor, died on February 24th, 2025. The cause, according... Read more »

Fiction: Fat Healthy Baby

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There’s only a subtle resentment running through the maternal line.

Fiction: Bugs

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I just wanted to be Jewish. Is that so wrong?

Poetry as [a Form of] Prayer

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Two poems from Alicia Ostriker's new collection that remind us there are many different ways to pray.

Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of Women’s Ordination

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Just as women rabbinical students changed the experience of rabbinic education for faculty and students, so too did women rabbis change the rabbinate itself in numerous ways.

“Our Hands”

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Recipes from the Ethiopian Israeli founder of Harlem’s Tsion Café.

Lot’s Daughters

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The original Bible story alarms and puzzles us. Here, the daughters come into their own, flames, disobedience and all.

Fiction: Blooms

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From the neck up, my skin was tinged green, leaves bright in my long hair.

Where Can I Make a Difference, Now?

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Figuring out where—and how—to take action? Here’s some guidance.

The Friendship Plot

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For us striving wives and mothers of the world, worn out from the exertions of trying to conform to a dream, female friendship might be the only place where we can simply be.

How to Share an Egg

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Bonny Reichert’s tale of food, family, and survival explores female power and autonomy

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