Ilana Blumberg
Here is death, in the middle of our party.
Tag: Jewish Women
Imagining a Lost Jewish Past: Janice Weizman’s “Our Little Histories”
Elana Sztokman
I became interested the question of what it means to be cut off from your family’s past.
I Am Russian… In Name Only
Liba Vaynberg
I am not Russian, but I speak Russian. It’s a kind of nonconsensual tattoo Stalin left behind on my parents—better tattooed than dead.
The Challah Boys
Renee Skudra
Some unlikely visitors at my new home connected me to my Jewish roots.
The Past is Still With Us: Melodie Winawer Q&A
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Melodie Winawer talks with Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about weaving together the seemingly disparate strands of her life into one highly original and engaging story.
The Burden of Pregnancy
Shira M. Zemel
Two of my pregnancies ended in miscarriage, and the other two resulted in the greatest joys of my life. But all four were a burden — emotionally and physically, personally and professionally.
“Life is the Curveball:” Aileen Weintraub on Her Bedrest Memoir
Mikhal Weiner
“Life doesn’t throw curveballs at you. Life is the curveball.”
A Chicago Heiress Who Helped Jews Escape the Nazis
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.
The Best of Lilith
Lila Goldstein
Time feels like it’s standing still, so why not revisit some gems from the Lilith archive?
“I Want a Future:” Two Generations of One Family on Climate Activism
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
When climate justice is a family affair.