02/16/2020
Political Hospitality
From our current issue: Patti Kenner's approach to supporting democracy and Jewish learning
Patti Kenner’s political hospitality
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02/14/2020
Former Hasidic couple sues Quebec for failure to make sure they were properly educated - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Who's legally responsible for a child's education?
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/former-hasidic-couple-sues-quebec-for-failure-to-make-sure-they-were-properly-educated
Similar lawsuits have been filed in New York and in Israel, where some reform has been undertaken.
02/14/2020
After Auschwitz, They Never Forgot Each Other
Happy Valentine's Day! We love this story of enduring love by @Keren Blankfeld originally in the NY Times: https://www.lilith.org/articles/after-auschwitz-they-never-forgot-each-other/
The reunion lasted about two hours. He finally had to ask: Did she have something to do with the fact that he’d managed to survive in Auschwitz all that time? She held up her hand to display five f...
02/14/2020
Opinion | How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
"What’s striking, says the lead author of the study, Michael Garcia, is that earlier research had concluded that women in general were likely to report the most relationship distress. But it turns out that’s only women married to men."
Same-sex spouses feel more satisfied with their partners than heterosexual ones. What’s the secret?
02/14/2020
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race - Books For Littles
What are your children's book recs?
Books to help kids to unpack racial bias so they can hear how ridiculous it sounds, think about where it comes from, and realize how it develops.
02/13/2020
Want to participate in our contest to win a spot in our pre-Launch Party tour of the Rachel Feinstein exhibit, but feeling a little shy? Just email us your entry! Tell us through pictures, poetry, or prose how you've confronted conformity. Winners will be contacted on Feb 17th.
Good luck!
02/13/2020
For Jews of Color, by Jews of Color
Today is NYC Day Against Hate! Numerous organizations around the city are uniting to combat Islamophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, racism, homophobia & transphobia, and all forms of identity-based violence. Check out Arielle Korman's blog post excerpted in our current issue to learn how the Jews of Color Torah Academy is creating Jewish spaces of learning and community for and by Jews of Color.
Jews of Color Torah Academy
02/13/2020
Prof. Vered Noam to get Israel Prize for Talmud studies, in first for a woman
Shehechiyanu!
Selection committee cites Tel Aviv University academic's 'research excellence' in wide array of topics, her achievements in communicating subject to the public
02/13/2020
"A true desecration": Sacred Native American site blasted to build Trump border wall
A desecration for the sake of ego and inhumanity
Crews have been blasting the hillside at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona for sections of the federal government's barrier.
02/13/2020
This ad is a raw look at postpartum life. The Oscars rejected it for being too graphic.
Real life? Nah, too graphic
Actress Busy Philipps was among critics of the ad's rejection, writing on Instagram that she was “sick of living in a society where the act of simply BEING A WOMAN is rejected by the gatekeepers of media.”
02/12/2020
Breast Cancer Advice Refusenik
From the #LilithArchive: Breast Cancer Advice Refusenik #SharsheretPinkDay
In the wake of the recent controversy and confusion over proposed new guidelines cutting down on how often one should have a mammogram to screen for breast cancer, “Be Vigilant!” seems to be the ra...
02/12/2020
Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation: Confronting Conformity
Celebrating Abby Stein, Goldie Goldbloom, and the winter issue of Lilith Magazine—independent, Jewish & frankly feminist. Sharing again, join us!
Hear authors Abby Stein and Goldie Goldbloom in a conversation with Stephanie Butnick, Tablet Magazine.
02/12/2020
Ready to Confront Conformity?
On February 20th, before celebrating Lilith’s Winter 2020 Issue with Jewish Book Council, The Jewish Museum and Tablet Magazine, we’ll have an exciting tour of the Jewish Museum’s exhibit, Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, and Crone. We’re looking for 10 people to join us for the tour. But how will we ever choose?
This week, show us how you’re confronting conformity through pictures, poetry or prose on social media. To enter, post on one of the following social media platforms how you’ve confronted conformity in your own life—or how you wished you had! Tag Lilith (@lilithmagazine on all platforms) and use the hashtag #ConfrontConformity.
-Facebook (300 words or fewer, please)
-Instagram (for all you visual artists!)
-Twitter (make it snappy!)
Lilith will contact ten winners (four Facebook, three Instagram, and three Twitter) via email on Feb. 17. Good luck! Keep in mind Lilith magazine’s nonconformist tagline: independent, Jewish & frankly feminist.
02/12/2020
Information, Support, Restorative Relaxation
In honor of #SharsheretPinkDay, some resources for breast cancer fighters and survivors, from the #LilithArchive.
❥ Sharsheret is a nonprofit organization created originally for young Jewish women with breast cancer, and now describes itself as “the Jewish breast and ovarian cancer community.” Sharsheret.org ...
02/11/2020
A Prayer Book for Everyone, Regardless of Gender.
A Prayerbook for Everyone, Regardless of Gender
Without the willingness to cautiously and responsibly, shape and reshape the practice of Jewish prayer, it will cease to be a source of life, joy, and meaning and become a burdensome rote observanc...
02/11/2020
In first pilot of its kind, Israeli dairy won’t separate calves from mothers
Interesting!
Yotvata project will allow female calves to stay with mothers until weaning -- but male calves will still be separated, sent off for fattening and slaughter
02/11/2020
Incentivizing Congregations to Hire Women in Clergy Roles
Incentivizing Congregations to Hire Women in Clergy Roles
A new program at JOFA intends to increase paid spiritual leadership positions for Orthodox women in Orthodox synagogues with funds of up to $10,000 per year if the synagogue commits twice the sum f...
02/11/2020
The Inside Story of How Harry Potter Was Translated Into Yiddish
One question for Arun Viswanath- “How do you take this story which is very much in this Christian European fantasy tradition, transpose it into Yiddish language, make it feel Yiddish, have the characters speak in a way which feels natural to Yiddish, but not make it Jewish?”
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is one of the most translated works of fiction in human history. Over the last two decades, it has appeared in over 80 languages, ranging from well-trodden tongues like French and German to more exotic idioms like Gaelic and Latin. Today, that collection expands ...
02/11/2020
Black teen who refused to cut his dreadlocks attends Oscars with creators of 'Hair Love' film
Beautiful
DeAndre Arnold, the high school senior from Texas who drew national attention last month after he was told by school officials that he wouldn’t be able to walk at his graduation if he didn’t cut his dreadlocks, attended this year’s Academy Awards
02/10/2020
Major Settlement Secures Relief for Refugees Left Behind by Refugee Ban
Mazel tov to HIAS and all who played a role in this fight! This settlement requires the government to expedite the refugee resettlement applications of over 300 refugees affected by the ban, including all individual plaintiffs and any other refugees who had reached the final stages of processing in October 2017, but still have pending applications.
SEATTLE – Today, the government entered into a major settlement with plaintiffs in Jewish Family Service v.
02/10/2020
Olga Kisseleva's art exhibition Trees Talking combines art and science
Learning from trees
“Trees speak the same language,” she notes, “which is different from humans.”
02/10/2020
Tu B'Shevat in The Age of Ecofeminism | Jewish Women's Archive
Via Jewish Women's Archive, Tu B'Shevat tips for the ecofeminist in all of us
How are you celebrating Tu B'Shevat in 2020 as the threat of climate change looms?
02/10/2020
Anne and Her Shadows
On the Lilith Blog: Yasmine Rana on the significance of Anne Frank to her life
Although the scenes appeared as mere shadows and whispers, I couldn’t make them disappear. With age came a clearer sense of past and present. Being on stage playing Anne protected me from those f...
02/10/2020
Natalie Portman Drags Oscars With Cape Embroidered With Snubbed Female Directors
Love the chutzpah 😉
The actor's custom Dior cape featured the names of the female directors snubbed by the Academy at the 92nd Academy Awards.
02/09/2020
Women's Rage Finds Power in Protest—and Baking | Civil Eats
Start rage baking!
'I have become a turducken of rage,' writes author and blogger Tess Rafferty in an excerpt from the new book 'Rage Baking.'
02/09/2020
Ode to the New Year's Tree
Tu Bishvat, a Jewish celebration of trees and the environment, begins tonight through tomorrow, Feb. 10. It got us thinking about some other trees, including... New Year's Trees! #TuBishvat #LilithArchives
When Soviet Jews emigrated to the US, they were often criticized by American Jews for putting up New Year's Trees. It still happens. And needs to stop.
02/09/2020
Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer
How has Fran Drescher influenced your life?
The former “Nanny” is back with a new NBC sitcom, “Indebted,” young fans like Cardi B and an arsenal of GIFs. “I’m kind of an influencer,” she said.
02/09/2020
Why We Started a New Women’s Political Party in Israel
What is the value of a women-centered political party? From the Lilith blog: Elana Szokman on the Kol Hanashim Women’s Party in Israel
Studies show that women’s inclusion in decision-making is necessary for lasting peace.
02/09/2020
Author’s Note – Ellen Meeropol on Her Sister’s Tattoo
"Should only childfree adults take the risks inherent in certain kinds of political activism?" Ellen Meeropol reflects on choice and responsibility in her life and the lives of her in-laws, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, in her review of three novels.
Author’s Note – Ellen Meeropol on Her Sister’s Tattoo 0 By Mom Egg Review on February 3, 2020 Authors' NotesWhen They Take the Childrenby Ellen Meeropol We are outraged at the recent separation of migrant children from their families, but family separation is not new. It has been used for cen...
02/07/2020
When I Tried to Get Girls to Wear Tefillin
From the Lilith blog: At a Jewish Summer Camp, Elana Rebitzer encourages girls to participate in a practice commonly assumed to be only for boys and men.
That summer, and every summer since, I’ve been one of the only women to wear tefillin at prayer services every morning.
02/07/2020
95 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump
🌎🔥😭
A comprehensive list of environmental policies the Trump administration has targeted, often in an effort to ease burdens on the fossil fuel industry and other big businesses.
02/07/2020
Indian Jews Encourage Global Participation in Unique Tu Bishvat Ritual | My Jewish Learning
In this Indian Jewish ritual, the malida offering commonly includes pieces of five to seven different fruit that are placed around the base of the rice mountain. After the traditional blessings are recited, participants eat from the offering plate.
"Malida" ceremony involves prayer and offerings of fruit and nuts.
02/07/2020
Israel to send its first ever Ethiopian contestant to Eurovision 2020
"Today I am Israel's first Ethiopian representative in the Eurovision. I’m very proud” -Eden Alene
Eden Alene, 19, won the Israeli version of the 'X-Factor' 2 years ago and on Tuesday became the public's choice to be the recipient of a slot in the prestigious singing competition in Netherlands; 'Look how far the Ethiopian community has come,' says Kiryat Gat native
02/07/2020
Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation: Confronting Conformity
Confront conformity with authors Abby Chava Stein & Goldie Goldbloom--in a conversation with Stephanie Butnick of Tablet Magazine. Join Lilith readers, writers, editors and many new friends to toast Lilith’s Winter 2020 Issue, as part of the "Unpacking the Book" series. Copresented by Jewish Book Council, The Jewish Museum, Tablet Magazine, and Lilith--independent, Jewish & frankly feminist.
When? Feb. 20, 7-9 pm
Where? The Jewish Museum
Hear authors Abby Stein and Goldie Goldbloom in a conversation with Stephanie Butnick, Tablet Magazine.
02/06/2020
The Foreign Policy Message We Should (But Won't) Hear from the President
Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs at American Jewish World Service on the importance of U.S. international support of human rights
What's missing? Americans’ obligation to promote human rights around the globe.
02/06/2020
Treating Pregnant Women Like Criminals
Reproductive justice is about more than abortion and birth control! Read Katha Pollitt's “Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment,” excerpted in our Winter issue.
Pregnancy and criminality
02/06/2020
Girl Scouts choose transgender girls over $100,000 donation
People over profit!
"Girl Scouts is for every girl," said Megan Ferland, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
02/05/2020
Toni Morrison Gave Me Permission
From our new issue: Rachel Kadish on her mentor, the late Toni Morrison, originally posted on the Lilith Blog.
https://www.lilith.org/articles/toni-morrison-gave-me-permission/
Rachel Kadish: Toni Morrison’s motherhood advice
02/05/2020
Having a Preemie Made Me More Pro-Choice
From Jessica Valenti.
I’m not going to let Trump use the struggle my daughter faced as an infant as a reason to take away her rights as an adult
02/04/2020
"I Threw Out"
What everyday objects evoke emotion for you? Rachel Wineberg's poem in our Winter issue explores the process of sorting through a lost loved one's belongings.
https://www.lilith.org/articles/i-threw-out/
Your toothbrush, dental floss, soap, glasses, socks, stained T-shirts, 12 lipsticks, 3 rouges, 5 tubes of foundation, sunscreen, unopened deodorant. I kept the eye cream. I threw out a piece...
02/04/2020
The Foreign Policy Message We Should (But Won't) Hear from the President
Remember when we cared about global human rights?
What's missing? Americans’ obligation to promote human rights around the globe.
02/04/2020
When I Tried to Get Girls to Wear Tefillin
Egalitarian observance: it's complicated.
That summer, and every summer since, I’ve been one of the only women to wear tefillin at prayer services every morning.
02/03/2020
I Knew I Was a Girl
Heard about Abby Stein's new memoir, Becoming Eve? Read an excerpt in our new issue:
https://www.lilith.org/articles/i-knew-i-was-a-girl/
“LOOK WHO IS HERE!” Zeide Stein exclaimed as I walked into the sukkah one afternoon. “It’s the upshern yingel!” It’s the boy who is about to get a haircut. In the Hasidic community, boys get their ...
02/03/2020
Compliance
Fiction in our Winter Issue:
https://www.lilith.org/articles/compliance/
She knows the neighbors call on her because she is childless—an anomaly, a two-headed turtle in this enclave, where every woman’s accessory is a baby carriage. It is always Chana’s door they ring i...
01/31/2020
The Compulsive Photographer of The Unnoticed: An interview with Lori Azim
The Compulsive Photographer of The Unnoticed: An interview with Lori Azim, on our blog!
https://www.lilith.org/blog/2020/01/the-compulsive-photographer-of-the-unnoticed-an-interview-with-lori-azim/
When I make photos that buck stereotypes, I hope that I’m inspiring people to see that they have some power.
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