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Jewish Hair Now.
Twenty-five years after Lilith’s original, classic, sold-out hair issue, new writers untangle the knots that connect us to our mothers, our bodies, our backgrounds and our politics.
Twenty-five years after Lilith’s original, classic, sold-out hair issue, new writers untangle the knots that connect us to our mothers, our bodies, our backgrounds and our politics.
Jewish Hair Now.
The articles in this special section:
Waxing Nostalgic
Raina Lipsitz
My Mother’s Unshaved Legs
Talia Liben Yarmush
At the Beauty Parlor
Marianne Rogoff
Combing My Mother’s Hair
Ruth Knafo Setton
Hair-Pulling
Jamie Zabinsky
The Weight of Shiva
Sharrona Pearl
Head Covering: The Evolving Choices
Talya Jankovits
The Social Context of Hair: Hairstyles, Race and Status
Sarah Seltzer
HAIR IS PERSONAL. Hair is political. To make sense of
the social context of hair for Jews of color today, SARAH
SELTZER talked to CHAVA SHERVINGTON, a longtime
diversity activist in the Jewish community, as well as an attorney and mom,
who by her own admission has become “obsessed with hair issues” as she
helps her kids navigate the complex politics of their Black hair.