Jews and Feminism: Past, Present, Future

As Lilith Magazine celebrates their 50th anniversary, they are partnering with the Jewish Women's Archive for a celebratory night at Lehrhaus:

At a challenging moment to be a feminist or a Jew, let alone a Jewish feminist, what can our past teach us about the future? Join Lilith Magazine, the Jewish Women’s Archive, and Lehrhaus for a lively, wide-ranging exploration of how Jewish feminists’ ideas, activism, and leadership continue to shape the struggle for gender equity, all the way from the kitchen table to the Supreme Court.

We will hear from Dr. Judith Rosenbaum, CEO of Jewish Women's Archive; Anna Solomon, Editor in Chief and CEO of Lilith Magazine; and Abby Fisher, writer and rabbinical student, Hebrew College.

Come for nuance, laughter, connection, and, of course, drinks and nosh. Stay for a paper doll-making project. Leave inspired.

If the ticket price is a barrier to attending, please reach out to Rebecca Katz at Lilith [katz@lilith.org] for information about subsidized tickets.

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The Jewish Women’s Archive is a pioneering digital archive that documents Jewish women’s and gender-expansive people's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.

Lilith Magazine has entered our 50th year as a pioneering voice for Jewish feminism, through first-person narratives, reviews, reporting, art, all genres of creative writing, and myriad forms of truth-telling. Lilith is different and defiant, in keeping with the spirit of both our namesake and our tagline: independent, Jewish & frankly feminist.

Anna Solomon, CEO & Editor in Chief of Lilith magazine

Anna is the author of three acclaimed novels, most recently The Book of V., and a nonprofit communications strategist. A two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, her short fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Ploughshares, One Story, Vogue, The New York Times Book Review, Tablet, and elsewhere. Co-editor with Eleanor Henderson of Labor Day: True Birth Stories from Today’s Best Women Writers, Anna has been coaching and editing writers and for two decades and teaches in the MFA programs at Brooklyn College and Warren Wilson. She was raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Judith Rosenbaum, CEO of the Jewish Women’s Archive

Judith earned a PhD in American Studies from Brown University, with a focus on women, gender, and social movements. An educator, historian, and writer, she teaches, lectures, and publishes widely on Jewish studies and women’s studies. She has served on the faculty of the Bronfman Fellowship and is a Schusterman Senior Fellow. 

Abby Fisher, Third Year Student at Hebrew College

Abby (any/all) is a writer, educator, and rising Shanah Gimmel (Year 3) student in Hebrew College’s Rabbinic Ordination program. They are passionate about bringing queer & trans Jewish stories to life onstage, in the classroom, and on the page. They currently work as the B’ Mitzvah Coordinator for Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, MA. Abby graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wesleyan University and received the English Department Prize for Excellence in Literature. Their work has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Forward, Hypernova Literary Magazine, The Jewish Women’s Archive, Lilith Magazine, and the Girls Write Now 2017 & 2018 anthologies. In June of 2023, their original play Leave if No Response sold out a limited run at New York’s The Tank theater. In their free time, Abby enjoys gluten free baking, learning new knitting techniques, and writing poetry.

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