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September 6, 2016 by admin
Folk Music and Jewish Identity in NYC
sharongoldmanmusic.com
What: Sharon Goldman performs a full band show to release her new album KOL ISHA (A Woman’s Voice). Goldman’s sound is melodic, deriving from the tradition of Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
The album explores Goldman’s Orthodox Jewish childhood and her now-secular adulthood. Song titles include “Pillar of Salt,” “Song of Songs,” “The Sabbath Queen,” and “Lilith.” (We’re particularly excited by the latter).
Where: Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St New York, NY, USA.
When Wednesday, September 7, 6:30 pm. See her website for dates and times of other performances, including in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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August 3, 2016 by admin
We’ve Got Issues—And We Want to Share Them
Lilith magazine, turning 40 this fall, is moving to a lovely new office in two weeks. Please help us find an appropriate home for some of our cherished back issues. (Alas, we can’t take them all with us.)
Do you teach a class that would enjoy having a print copy of a classic back issue? Are you part of a Lilith salon, writers group or rosh hodesh group that would appreciate these vintage issues?
We’ll gladly send boxed magazines of whatever issue you choose (or tell us to choose) in minimum quantities of 30 each. Please help us by sharing this offer widely.
You can choose from these (click on the links to see the full table of contents of each issue):
Winter 1976-77: Why did Golda Meir leave us a legacy of Zionism without feminism? The politics behind the Conservative movement’s endless debate over ordaining women rabbis. Cynthia Ozick argues brilliantly for women’s rights in Judaism. A vindication! Time to explore how I.B. Singer’s adored work is soaked through with misogyny.
Spring 1989: Family systems: Pioneer therapist Olga Silverstein on life, love and Jewish identity; Harriet Lerner on sisters pressed to achieve. The hit drama “Shayna Maidel” and its fractured families. Campus life for Jewish women: our insider’s guide. Gender, politics and power in Jerusalem through the eyes of E.M. Broner, Bella Abzug and more.
Winter 2002-03: Jewish daughters and their African-American nannies tell stories of love and intimacy. Being the Catholic mother in a Jewish family. Praying for protection: sexual abuse by a Jewish father. The matronymic metamorphosis: what to name your child, and the importance of a mother’s surname.
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July 7, 2016 by admin
Tell Us! What Is a Jewish Feminist Object?
Maybe it’s lurking in your basement—or your subconscious. A baby carrier with tzitzit? Your IUD? Your Tia Malka’s cooking spoon? Tefillin Barbie? The pants you wore to your bat mitzvah?
From the totally transgressive to the completely obvious, we want them all, in the full range of our identities—ethnic, racial, cultural, sexual, geographic, religious, tragical, comical.
Don’t hold back! Baby Jewish feminists need your wisdom. Send nominations to 40objects@Lilith.org with your name and the why behind the object(s). We’re standing by to select 40 for Lilith’s fall issue—kicking off the magazine’s 40th anniversary year.
For some samples of Lilith writing on objects and material culture (stuff we’ve loved in the past), see these articles:
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December 24, 2015 by admin
Read This Before Making Another End-Of-Year Donation
Some farseeing female philanthropists are putting their tzedakah where their personal politics are.
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September 16, 2015 by admin
End-of-Year/Start-of-Year Improvements
During these Days of Awe (and contemplation), here is some reading we hope will guide your introspection and prepare you for the new year.
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July 1, 2015 by admin
Happy Canada Day!
In honor of Canada Day, here’s an assortment of Lilith articles with Canadian content. Hope you enjoy!
Evolving from Bystander to Rescuer
by Susan Weidman Schneider
On Gail Asper and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which focuses on Jews, on women, on hunger and trafficking, and on oppressed minorities around the world.
“Never Tell Anyone”: A Comedienne Breaks Her Family Taboo
by Frannie Sheridan
Her stand-up shtick blows her traumatized family’s “Catholic” cover. Fear and fury ensue.
Earth Mamas
by Alisha Kaplan
The author on her mother’s Canadian farm and Jews who long for country life.
Sorrel Summer
by Marlene B. Samuels
Summering in the Laurentian Mountains, the author’s Holocaust survivor mother’s remembers sorrel soup in pre-War Romania.
Canada’s Parliament Fixes Jewish Divorces
by Elaine Kalman Naves
On the fight for the enactment in August 1990 of the only national law anywhere in the world reducing obstacles to Jewish divorce.
Golden Words: Q&A With Author, Editor, Activist Nora Gold
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
The Canadian author on her novel Fields of Exile, about anti-Israelism in academe.
Returning to the Garden
by Chana Widawski
Outside New York, Toronto, and Baltimore, Jews are farming in communities that merge ecology and social justice.
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June 10, 2015 by admin
Coming-Out Stories, the Talmud’s POV on Gender, New Rituals, and More
Why We’re Not Getting Married
by Martha Ackelsberg and Judith Plaskow
Fall 2004
“We fully believe that gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, and we celebrate the fact that a significant barrier to our full citizenship has fallen. But we’re not getting married. “
Coming Out in the Orthodox World: Our Lesbian Wedding
by Tamar A. Prager
Summer 2006
Here’s how one lesbian couple—wanting the blessings both of their parents and of Jewish tradition—melded Judaism and their gay identity.
What’s a Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing in a Man’s Body?
by Joy Ladin
Winter 2009-2010
The complicated story of becoming a woman gives a whole new dimension to Rabbi Hillel’s famous creed, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?”
What to Call the Rabbi’s Lesbian Partner?
Fall 2012
by Mel Weiss
“I’d thought once that the issue of what to call myself as a grown-up would be settled once I discovered the word ‘Ms.'”
“Coming Out” in the Jewish Family
by Carla Cantor
Summer 1989
As many lesbians discover, being true to oneself has a price… Jewish families have both a harder—and an easier—time accepting gay children.
Gay Rights are a Natural Extension of Jewish Feminism
by Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Spring 2005
“This is the idea that I grew up with: that Judaism should be fully accessible to all of us.”
Being Out as a Jew in Lesbian Circles
by Melanie Weiss
Summer 2006
In some settings, it’s more acceptable to be gay than to be Jewish.
Two Lesbian Women and Their Pretty Straight Wedding
by Susan Sapiro
Winter 1997-1998
What distinguished this ceremony from many other gay and lesbian weddings is that Michelle and Aimee are halachically committed Jews.
Transgender Jews: A Special Section
On gender in Eden, the Talmud’s 7 genders, the rituals and policies of transgender Jews, and how synagogues can become more comfortable spaces for trans people.
Gender in Genesis by Gwynn Kessler
What the Talmud Says about Gender Ambiguity by Alana Suskin
In the Image of God by Danya Ruttenberg
Shul Matters by Micah Bazant
“Today I am a Man” Takes on New Meaning by Danya Ruttenberg
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December 24, 2014 by admin
Know This Already?
- One former Lilith intern says she never would have spoken at her grandmother’s funeral if not for the permission she received from Lilith’s articles.
- A culture-shaper in her 30s writes that “Reading Lilith I knew that I didn’t have to leave the Jewish world to be a feminist.
- A well-known painter tells Lilith, “Thank you for provocative, sensitive stories. I find inspiration for my imagery in your words.”
- A literature professor says she can introduce her students to Israeli women writers because Lilith translates and publishes their short stories.
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October 20, 2014 by admin
Lilith Magazine Named One of North America’s Jewish Organizations Having the Greatest Impact on the Lives of Women and Girls
New York, NY – Lilith Magazine was named today as one of 19 leading Jewish organizations committed to having the greatest impact on the lives of women and girls. Lilith is described as “Shaping the gender justice discourse of the Jewish community with fearless journalism and face-to-face salons.” Lilith appears in one of three supplements to the Slingshot Guide accompanying the tenth annual Slingshot Guide, Slingshot 2014-15. Being honored in this supplement, published for a second year, along with two regionally-focused ones, will help further expand Lilith’s reach and our ability to carry out our mission, as well as to draw in activists and donors looking for new opportunities and projects that, through their innovative nature, will ensure the Jewish community remains relevant and thriving with input from women and girls in very arena.
Selected from among hundreds of finalists reviewed by 112 professionals with expertise in grantmaking and Jewish communal life, Lilith is hailed in the Guide as “a leader in in-depth feminist journalism.”
Organizations included in this year’s women and girls supplement were evaluated on their innovative approach, the impact they have in their work, the leadership they have in their sector, and their effectiveness at achieving results. ”Lilith Magazine is proud to be among the 21 organizations included in the second year of this supplement,” said Susan Weidman Schneider. “The organizations included in Slingshot’s women and girls supplement demonstrate the potential impact on and by women and girls in Jewish life today. Lilith Magazine is thankful that Slingshot continues to highlight women and girls as it expands the scope of its Guide, and we are honored to be part of the community of innovative organizations that have benefited from the Slingshot Guide over the last ten years.” The supplement was supported through a generous partnership with the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York. Joy Sisisky, Executive Director of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York.
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July 2, 2014 by admin
Can a Non-Jewish Spouse “Step Away” From Jewish Fears?
<< I’m lucky that I could step away from it if I wanted to. It’s no secret that Jews are still subject to racial prejudices and abuse – something that will never be directed at me – only to the people I love.>>
“Mummy…MUMMY…I’m Jewish!” My four-year-old daughter has just returned from nursery and is prancing around the kitchen looking for something to do, expertly avoiding her younger brother, who is trying to get her to ‘read’ him a story.
“Yes darling. You are.”
“And my brother’s Jewish. And Daddy’s Jewish. And you’re Jewish.”
“No, I’m not Jewish. Daddy is, but I’m not.”
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