Rebecca S’manga Frank
Tisha B’av is a holiday about mourning. I often feel like I’m in a perpetual state of mourning.
I Know Nothing About Tisha B’av
Tag: black lives matter
The Dybbukast: Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives
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The work takes a liturgical poem which speaks about the nature of existence and is central to the Jewish High Holidays and builds upon it, reimagining it to speak about the killing of Black people in the U.S.
Elissa Slotkin: How 2020 Looks from the Midwest
The Editors
The Michican Congressman talks to Lilith about everything from the rise of the Proud Boys to the Movement for Black Lives.
Connecting Jewish Tradition with Black Fugitive Legacies
Chanel Dubofsky
Artists are memory workers – they witness and then create, they bring things back. We have the tools, we can create a way out of nothing. That’s what artists offer right now.
Reflecting on the Protests in Portland
Melissa Slavsky
Portland is one of the whitest cities in America, with an extremely racist history. So who would have ever thought we would be the city to watch during the modern-day civil rights movement?
Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives
Imani Romney Rosa Chapman
A rewriting of Unetaneh Tokef in honor of the Black Lives that have been lost to racist violence.
Where Was the “Peace” 400 Years Ago?
Makeda Zabot-Hall
I thought my father hadn’t fought that day because he gave in. I thought he had let them win, when in reality, he had decided that his life, vows, and the promises that he had made to his wife and children trumped everything.
Black Lives Matter: Read, Learn, and Act
Lilith Staff
In the wake of this most recent horrific moment of racist violence and white supremacy, we would like to share the articles we’ve been reading and rereading–the organizations we’ve been following, and resources we’ve been turning to.
We are Dying Because of the Fears of White People
Dena Robinson
It is no longer the time to stand on the sidelines and cheer us on (and it never was). If you love me, show me. Show me what Tikkun Olam looks like.
This Radical Medical Collective Ministers to Protesters
Eleanor J. Bader
The idea was that we wanted to do action/activist medicine. We understood that many communities have to create their own medical infrastructure, taking care of themselves, because of racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia. Many of us in the collective have not felt safe accessing conventional emergency medical services