Yona Zeldis McDonough
Inspired by an heiress living in Paris when Hitler invaded, who might have gone home like most Americans did, but instead stayed and risked her life to help strangers.
A Chicago Heiress Who Helped Jews Escape the Nazis
Tag: feminism
She Turns Houses into Homes for Refugees from Afghanistan
Eleanor J. Bader
Ruth’s Refuge furnishes the apartments of incoming refugees as they struggle to establish a toehold in their new communities.
The Best of Lilith
Lila Goldstein
Time feels like it’s standing still, so why not revisit some gems from the Lilith archive?
Rhiannon McGavin on Poems, Dreams, and Tkhines
Alexa Hulse
Los Angeles-based poet Rhiannon McGavin talks to Lilth about her sophomore collection of poetry, Grocery List Poems.
Your Jewish Horoscope: Tevet
Amanda Herring and Mo Golden
Are you all fired up? Tevet babies, this is for you!
Find Yourself a Nemesis
Rebecca Katz
You don’t want to be interacting with your nemesis on a daily basis. That’s exhausting.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Multi-Hyphenate Comedian
Becca Nix Tham
When I grab the mic for 4 minutes, I break the illusion that the narratives worth listening to are ones we’ve already heard.
Returning to the Mikveh, Revisiting Trauma
Anonymous
Choosing to go to the mikveh this last time felt like something I had to do for myself, alone.
“Ismail’s Dilemma”: Hidden Jewish Histories of the Balkans
Mirushe Zylali
In a story about gentile Albanians protecting Jewish ones, I saw what my Muslim great grandparents, living in Nazi-occupied North Macedonia in the 1940s, experienced.
My Return to Jewish Culture
Lishai Peel
I was a drifter between cultural identities, often performing culture rather than truly feeling part of it.