Summer 2023
Season of heat and heartache.
Bunks, books and bad actors…
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Unsuing Heroines Dept.How an American nonprofit worker facilitated the immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
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Jewish & Feminist in Lubbock, Texas
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Lubbock, Texas is, by far, the least Jewish place I’ve ever lived. If you’re from one of the coasts, as I was, you might have some misconceptions about Lubbock if... Read more »
“I don’t want you to be afraid of me.”
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“I don’t want you to be afraid of me,” he said, tone unreadable. His face betrayed a mixture of concern and irritation…why would I flinch like that? I didn’t know.... Read more »
The Youth Group Trip
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short fiction excerpt by Erin Meagan Schwartz The youth group I joined is a place where we get to strengthen our connection to each other as Jewish people. But I... Read more »
Why I Wrote the Book: Birth Control
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Before becoming a mom, I wondered what birth was like. I wanted to know what actually happened in the body during labor, during a contraction, what it felt like to... Read more »
More Summer Reading Picks from Lilith
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Swimming with Ghosts by Michelle Brafman (Turner Publishing Company, $26.99, 2023) Set in the intense world of childhood competitive swimming, Branfman’s latest novel explores what happens when two team moms—and best friends—clash as... Read more »
Portraits in Charcoal
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Tigist Yoseph Ron’s expressive charcoal drawings on these two pages are taken from two exhibitions: “The White Paper is Black Within” (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, February 9, 2020–October 4,... Read more »
Savor-ing Sephardic Culture
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It could have been a cooking class at any culinary school around the world. Ten aproned people at well-equipped work stations around a large room. Ingredients, utensils and bowls lined... Read more »
Poem: Jewlia Eisenberg
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Jewlia Eisenberg I noticed early how the women I knew were careful not to be too big, too loud. Because no one likes a bossy yenta, much less an assertive... Read more »
Fiction: Ours
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You are certain that the moment she is close enough to feel your skin, to smell the absence of birth hormones in your sweat, she’ll know—you’re an imposter.
