Lesléa Newman
Just as the form held the poems together, writing the poems held me together.
When Poetry Held Me Together
Tag: feminist
Embroidering Her Past
Maxine Lee Ewaschuk
The iconography in Maxine Lee Ewaschuk’s embroidery reflects the lenses through which she sees the world and the world sees her.
Community Engagement as Art
Devyani Saltzman
Carmel Tanaka on the power and celebration of the “in between.”
Keeper of the Flame
Susan Barocas
Flory Jagoda was an instigator and inspiration who was essential to the current resurgence of Ladino language and Sephardic culture.
An Open Letter from Vashti to Her Successor
Heather Paul
I never wanted to be a queen. I only wanted to be Vashti.
When Jewish Space Laser Jokes Help the Enemy
April Baskin
The fact that someone who’s currently sitting in Congress seriously peddled this antisemitic conspiracy isn’t a joking matter to me.
Ten Things to Remember for Black History Month… and Beyond
Rachel Faulkner
Our history is more beautiful, complex, tragic, and miraculous than can be covered in a lesson, a bulletin board, or in a month.
A Southern Jewish Farmer?!
Meredith Cohen
My Jewish farming journey pointed me back home to the South, and made me long to put down roots in the place that, as a Jewish teenager, I could not wait to leave.
Totally Normal
Marissa Tiamfook Gee
While my tears flowed and the moment felt surreal, my five-year-old asked me if Elsa from Frozen is real.