Steph Black and Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler
I am forever pushing back against the idea that we all should have to just accept traveling to New York for an abortion. We deserve care where we live.
Don’t Write Off the South on Abortion
Tag: feminist
This Will Be Funny Later: Jenny Pentland on Fame’s Glare
Yona Zeldis McDonough
You might not know who Jenny Pentland is, but if you read her new book, This Will Be Funny Later (Harper, $27.99), you’ll want to; the hilarious memoir, by turns scorching and poignant, reveals what’s like to have one of America’s funniest comedians—Roseanne Barr—for a mother.
A Team of Filmmakers Take on Black Maternal Mortality
Helene Meyers
The lives and preventable deaths of two young Black moms are chronicled through home movies as well as the activism of those that are left behind.
A Novel Takes on the Thorny World of Surrogacy
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Nuances and potential landmines arise with such a radically new way to bring children into the world.
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: Dec. 5, 2021- Jan. 2, 2022
Amanda Herring and Mo Golden
Are you all fired up? Tevet babies, this is for you!
“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.
A Recipe for Sigd, an Ancient Holiday of Yearning
Beejhy Barhany
Sigd is a holiday celebrating Jewish unity and diversity.
Embodying Eve
Rabbi Adina Allen
This origin story of Adam & Eve has been used to punish, to instill regret, to sever us from one another. What if it’s also our salvation?