Lilith Magazine

Across a century, the "Call" chronicled the Jewish experience in America.

Join the Workers Circle on Monday, November 10 on Zoom for Living History: Voices from the Call Archive — a one-hour event featuring dramatic readings by acclaimed actors.

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Esteemed feminist sociologist, psychoanalyst, and professor emerita at UC Berkeley, Nancy Chodorow, passed away on October 14th. Her groundbreaking theories on feminism and gender bridged the fields of sociology and psychoanalysis. May her memory be for a blessing.

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The New Forty (Cycle 5) – Creating Opportunity for Emerging Writers over 45 in Lilith's 50th Anniversary Year The New Forty’ invites women and nonbinary feminists 45 years old to 100+ who are new to writing narrative nonfiction and new to writing for publication to participate in a one-year program providing ...

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There's less than one week left to apply to join the 5th cohort of the New 40, Lilith's program for emerging Jewish feminist writers over 40 (well, this time, 45)!

Learn more and apply at the link in the comments below.

"Sukkot is a holiday to celebrate the harvest, and though I was three stories above the earth, I celebrated my own harvest: a place to live, groceries in my fridge, a job, quiet neighbors, a laundromat down the street."

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Happy Banned Books Week from Lilith!

Did you know that fighting book bans is a great way to save and protect democracy? Learn more in Lilith's Winter 2024-2025 issue: buff.ly/9JAVnIf

Art by Yaara Eshet.

This Sunday, October 5th, BKForge is joining forces with Men4Choice for an afternoon of researching and exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centers (aka anti-abortion fake clinics). Bring your laptop or tablet, and they'll walk you through all the steps!

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Where do we even start with forgiveness and repentance when every day brings new pain?

Perhaps with this prayer for forgiving ourselves from Rishe Groner (below). Then we can continue onward and outward.

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When we recite the Yizkor memorial service, we’re really paying attention to our own tiny, ephemeral moment in history.

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"This past May was the 50th yahrzeit of my late father, Samuel Shapiro. I did not have much of a relationship with him and as a feminist have harbored so much anger about who he was. But with Yom Kippur upon us, I find myself revisiting my journey to forgiveness."

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Ultra-Orthodox American-Israeli Beatie Deutsch is an elite marathon runner, and she’s upending expectations.

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If you want to get out your frustration and have some breadcrumbs to spare, read “Lake Michigan Tashlikh” by Barbara Stock.

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May 5786 bring you the strength you need to keep seeking sweetness. Shanah tovah.

Photo by Arielle Silver-Willner.

If you want to smile while hiding in the bathroom of shut, read "One Hundred Years of Gratitude" by Lesléa Newman.

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If you’ve been seeing your therapist daily in preparation to see family this High Holiday season, you're not alone...

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THIS SUNDAY!

Stop by the Lilith table at the Brooklyn Book Festival (booth #226) to schmooze with Lilith staff and contributors, PLUS, take advantage of one-day-only giveaways!

Alicia Ostriker calls the poem "Prophet Babe Pop" by Hannah Yerington "a prayer to the Shekhinah in disguise" and we couldn't agree more 💄🌠🕯️

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NEXT WEEK: Join Barnes & Noble Upper West Side in welcoming Kitty Zeldis discussing and signing "One of Them," with Sarah Seltzer on Tuesday, September 16th.

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There are many treasures in the Lilith office! One of our favorites is our Editor in Chief's rolodex of contacts from the past nearly 50 years of Jewish feminist publishing--who else do you think we will find in Susan Weidman Schneider's rolodex? Stay tuned 👀

Mazel tov to Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, the 4th generation co-owners of Russ & Daughters, on the release of their new cookbook!

Want to learn more about the feminist legacy behind this iconic shop? Check out this feature from Lilith's Winter 2019-2020 issue: buff.ly/YzLAYjm

THIS WEEK: The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, led by Binyumen Schaechter, will perform FROYEN! Women in Yiddish Song.

Learn more and buy your tickets for the performance on Sunday, September 14th: buff.ly/8QHnWwU

Jewish Women's Archive Online History Course Belles and Butches: Jewish Women in the American South begins tonight!

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Calling all fiction writers! Lilith is seeking quality short stories with heart, soul, and chutzpah, 3,000 words or under, for our Annual Fiction Contest.

- Open September 1–December 31.
- First prize: $300 and publication.

Learn more here: lilith.org/2025/09/fict...

You voted, we listened!

Grab some brand new Lilith stickers at upcoming in-person events, starting with the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 21st in Downtown Brooklyn.

Lilith's new issue is here!

Between its covers, you'll find: Women of the bookstore. Reading “Little Women” in Jerusalem. Cleaning out my mother’s house.

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Cover art by Jenny Kroik.

⭐ COVER REVEAL! ⭐

Subscribers, Lilith’s Summer 2025 issue is on its way to you now…

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Art by Jenny Kroik.

The Singer Sisters: A Novel A Novel

2- The paperback is ON SALE today! It's SO PRETTY bookshop.org/a/100000/978...

Fiction: Fat Healthy Baby There’s only a subtle resentment running through the maternal line.

Huge congrats to our instructor @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social, whose story "Fat Healthy Baby" won first place in @lilithmagazine.bsky.social's story contest. Read Anca's story here: lilith.org/articles/fic...

A Golem of One’s Own In Beth Kander’s “I Made It Out of Clay,” what’s a girl to do but make a golem out of the clay left behind in the very creepy basement of her apartment building?

My review of @bethkander.bsky.social’s smart, fun novel
I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY is now online over @lilithmagazine.bsky.social

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Spring 2024 Disability and Judaism in the spotlight, toxic workplaces, controversial books…

Order your copy of @lilithmagazine.bsky.social’s spring 2024 issue this #DisabilityPrideMonth! This issue features writing on Judaism and disability by Julia Watts Belser, Ashley P. Taylor, Mariah Guevin, and more: lilith.org/issue_manage...