Lilith Magazine
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independent, Jewish and frankly feminist
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This spring, Lilith sat down with six Jewish women owners of six bookshops in six zip codes! 📚⭐️❤️
Each demonstrates that a brick-and-mortar store, especially one with a mission, offers value that the internet simply cannot replace.
Meet these important women of the book[shop]:
buff.ly/3tAWcKe
Each demonstrates that a brick-and-mortar store, especially one with a mission, offers value that the internet simply cannot replace.
Meet these important women of the book[shop]:
buff.ly/3tAWcKe
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This spring, Lilith sat down with six Jewish women owners of six bookshops in six zip codes! 📚⭐️❤️
Each demonstrates that a brick-and-mortar store, especially one with a mission, offers value that the internet simply cannot replace.
Meet these important women of the book[shop]:
buff.ly/3tAWcKe
Each demonstrates that a brick-and-mortar store, especially one with a mission, offers value that the internet simply cannot replace.
Meet these important women of the book[shop]:
buff.ly/3tAWcKe
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.
Learn more and apply at the link in the comments below.
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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.
Learn more and apply at the link in the comments below.
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.
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.
October 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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.
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.
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.
buff.ly/YDDFuzK
Perhaps with this prayer for forgiving ourselves from Rishe Groner (below). Then we can continue onward and outward.
buff.ly/YDDFuzK
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.
buff.ly/YDDFuzK
Perhaps with this prayer for forgiving ourselves from Rishe Groner (below). Then we can continue onward and outward.
buff.ly/YDDFuzK
May 5786 bring you the strength you need to keep seeking sweetness. Shanah tovah.
Photo by Arielle Silver-Willner.
Photo by Arielle Silver-Willner.
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
May 5786 bring you the strength you need to keep seeking sweetness. Shanah tovah.
Photo by Arielle Silver-Willner.
Photo by Arielle Silver-Willner.
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!
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!
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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!
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 💄🌠🕯️
Discover more gems like this one in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/jtrX8AQ
Discover more gems like this one in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/jtrX8AQ
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Alicia Ostriker calls the poem "Prophet Babe Pop" by Hannah Yerington "a prayer to the Shekhinah in disguise" and we couldn't agree more 💄🌠🕯️
Discover more gems like this one in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/jtrX8AQ
Discover more gems like this one in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/jtrX8AQ
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.
Learn more here: buff.ly/03rh3FG
Learn more here: buff.ly/03rh3FG
September 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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.
Learn more here: buff.ly/03rh3FG
Learn more here: buff.ly/03rh3FG
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 👀
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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
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
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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
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
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...
- Open September 1–December 31.
- First prize: $300 and publication.
Learn more here: lilith.org/2025/09/fict...
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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...
- 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.
Grab some brand new Lilith stickers at upcoming in-person events, starting with the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 21st in Downtown Brooklyn.
September 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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.
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.
Discover it now: buff.ly/OF3eAAD
Cover art by Jenny Kroik.
Between its covers, you'll find: Women of the bookstore. Reading “Little Women” in Jerusalem. Cleaning out my mother’s house.
Discover it now: buff.ly/OF3eAAD
Cover art by Jenny Kroik.
August 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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.
Discover it now: buff.ly/OF3eAAD
Cover art by Jenny Kroik.
Between its covers, you'll find: Women of the bookstore. Reading “Little Women” in Jerusalem. Cleaning out my mother’s house.
Discover it now: buff.ly/OF3eAAD
Cover art by Jenny Kroik.
⭐ COVER REVEAL! ⭐
Subscribers, Lilith’s Summer 2025 issue is on its way to you now…
Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe here for the gift of Jewish feminism in your mailbox: buff.ly/hCkHg8K
Art by Jenny Kroik.
Subscribers, Lilith’s Summer 2025 issue is on its way to you now…
Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe here for the gift of Jewish feminism in your mailbox: buff.ly/hCkHg8K
Art by Jenny Kroik.
August 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
⭐ COVER REVEAL! ⭐
Subscribers, Lilith’s Summer 2025 issue is on its way to you now…
Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe here for the gift of Jewish feminism in your mailbox: buff.ly/hCkHg8K
Art by Jenny Kroik.
Subscribers, Lilith’s Summer 2025 issue is on its way to you now…
Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe here for the gift of Jewish feminism in your mailbox: buff.ly/hCkHg8K
Art by Jenny Kroik.
The paperback version of Lilith staffer Sarah Seltzer's "The Singer Sisters" comes out next week!
Guess what? The first 5 people to DM a photo of their order receipt to @lilithmagazine on Instagram will also receive...
Guess what? The first 5 people to DM a photo of their order receipt to @lilithmagazine on Instagram will also receive...
July 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The paperback version of Lilith staffer Sarah Seltzer's "The Singer Sisters" comes out next week!
Guess what? The first 5 people to DM a photo of their order receipt to @lilithmagazine on Instagram will also receive...
Guess what? The first 5 people to DM a photo of their order receipt to @lilithmagazine on Instagram will also receive...
"Through BDSM I leave my disability for a moment, as it were, and my body actually receives a different kind of care—not medical or typical care, but care born from pleasure, giving, and enjoyment."
Art: Film still from “32 Inches of Queen” (2019), co-created with Ariel Bronze
Art: Film still from “32 Inches of Queen” (2019), co-created with Ariel Bronze
July 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Through BDSM I leave my disability for a moment, as it were, and my body actually receives a different kind of care—not medical or typical care, but care born from pleasure, giving, and enjoyment."
Art: Film still from “32 Inches of Queen” (2019), co-created with Ariel Bronze
Art: Film still from “32 Inches of Queen” (2019), co-created with Ariel Bronze
In honor of Disability Pride Month, we are revising Lilith's robust archive of writing by and about Jewish feminists with disabilities. Read this 2024 article by Rabbi Lauren Tuchman now: buff.ly/nDbA9WJ
July 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In honor of Disability Pride Month, we are revising Lilith's robust archive of writing by and about Jewish feminists with disabilities. Read this 2024 article by Rabbi Lauren Tuchman now: buff.ly/nDbA9WJ
Exciting news: Lilith has just received 7 Rockower Awards from the American Jewish Press Association, for work from twelve different Lilith contributors during 2024!
We'll be celebrating each winner next week...stay tuned 🎉
We'll be celebrating each winner next week...stay tuned 🎉
June 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Exciting news: Lilith has just received 7 Rockower Awards from the American Jewish Press Association, for work from twelve different Lilith contributors during 2024!
We'll be celebrating each winner next week...stay tuned 🎉
We'll be celebrating each winner next week...stay tuned 🎉
Submissions are open 'til by 5PM ET on July 7th! Share your story via the Google Form in the comments below.
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Submissions are open 'til by 5PM ET on July 7th! Share your story via the Google Form in the comments below.
"If we support a woman’s right to choose, her right to bodily autonomy, then this clearly includes her right to choose to change her body as she pleases."
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"If we support a woman’s right to choose, her right to bodily autonomy, then this clearly includes her right to choose to change her body as she pleases."
In three prizewinning short stories, the youngest humans — and their caregivers — take center stage.
Read them now in Lilith's new issue: lilith.org/current-issue/
Read them now in Lilith's new issue: lilith.org/current-issue/
June 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In three prizewinning short stories, the youngest humans — and their caregivers — take center stage.
Read them now in Lilith's new issue: lilith.org/current-issue/
Read them now in Lilith's new issue: lilith.org/current-issue/
This poem from Alicia Ostriker is exactly what we needed to read today.
Read more of Alicia's work in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/m8Cq3i8
Read more of Alicia's work in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/m8Cq3i8
June 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This poem from Alicia Ostriker is exactly what we needed to read today.
Read more of Alicia's work in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/m8Cq3i8
Read more of Alicia's work in Lilith's latest issue: buff.ly/m8Cq3i8
“And in conclusion, that's how the patriarchy intersects with late-capitalist white supremacist class hegemony..."
Spotted this weekend in the Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn... We have the same rule in the Lilith office.
Spotted this weekend in the Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn... We have the same rule in the Lilith office.
June 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“And in conclusion, that's how the patriarchy intersects with late-capitalist white supremacist class hegemony..."
Spotted this weekend in the Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn... We have the same rule in the Lilith office.
Spotted this weekend in the Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn... We have the same rule in the Lilith office.
It only takes $36 and the click of a button to unlock a whole year of Lilith in print + perks!
Link in the comments below.
Link in the comments below.
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It only takes $36 and the click of a button to unlock a whole year of Lilith in print + perks!
Link in the comments below.
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Anyone else feeling like this today?
Art by @yaaraeshet, featured in Lilith’s recent issue. Read it here: buff.ly/P0gHocx
Art by @yaaraeshet, featured in Lilith’s recent issue. Read it here: buff.ly/P0gHocx
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Anyone else feeling like this today?
Art by @yaaraeshet, featured in Lilith’s recent issue. Read it here: buff.ly/P0gHocx
Art by @yaaraeshet, featured in Lilith’s recent issue. Read it here: buff.ly/P0gHocx