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We left our homes, our community, everything we knew. Always the stranger.
Jewish women and addiction. 1960s & 70s feminism roars back, trendy again. Transforming Jewish life in small-town Maine. Choosing to be Jewish--thus feeling perpetually "the stranger." Food writing by women that changes the entire culture. She redefines the meaning of Jewish art.
Table of contents Get the issueWe left our homes, our community, everything we knew. Always the stranger.
Amy Rose Spiegel's book No One Does It Like You lists 77 affirmations for millenial women—here are a few of Lilith's favorites.
"When I started baking challah, I was stressed and unhealthy, as both a doctor and a mom. By making challah, I was able to reclaim some sense of self."
Lilith tracks famous Jewish women who have spoken up about their struggles with addiction.
Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.
Animating it all: anger. The anger of invention, and diagnosis, and unchartered territory.
In those weeks of waxing darkness, I worked at Anna’s side, my fingers mimicking hers. We sat in the kitchen of my aunt’s place. I told Anna of my first days in... Read more »