Susan Barocas
The first cold soup I ever tasted I hated. For years. How unfortunate that it was introduced to me (dare I say pushed on me?) by the two women I admired most, my mother and my small-but-mighty Russian grandmother.
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“Better Things:” Your Jewish and Frankly Feminist Review
Sharrona Pearl
Time, in the world of this funny, melancholic, and moving show about raising three daughters as a divorced single mom in LA, is progressing
Stitching for Survival: the Story of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Some artists work with a brush; others with a pen, and still others with their voices, bodies, or a musical instrument. Trudie Strobel’s instrument is a slender needle, and she wields it with fierce and incredible power.
Everyone Is an Artist
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On Tuesday, July 14 and July 28, 8-9 PM Eastern, join Lilith to explore questions at the intersection of art, justice, and Judaism through the feminist medium of zines.
To Save the Planet and Ourselves, Root Down to Love
Nylah Burton
There are five things at the forefront of my mind these days; the national struggle against racist violence, the climate crisis, the coronavirus, death, family, but underlying it all… love.
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.
Three Characters, Three Storylines, and Three Time Periods
Yona Zeldis McDonough
The Book Of V (Henry Holt, $27.99) is nothing if not ambitious—three main characters, three storylines and three wildly divergent time periods—and yet novelist Anna Solomon manages to weave all three together with an effortlessness that belies the profound nature of her fictional probing.
A Debut Novel About Family
Elizabeth Edelglass
What constitutes a good mother? A good father? A good daughter? A normal life? These are questions posed by R.L. Maizes in her compelling debut novel Other People’s Pets.