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Essay How to Find an Expert Sorceress, According to the Talmud This week, Maggie Anton — the author of the Rashi’s Daughters series and, most recently, Rav Hisda’s Daugther: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery—blogs… Maggie Anton November 19, 2013
Essay Memories of Swimming: From B- to A‑Meets Earlier this week, Ilana Garon wrote about athletic opportunities at her Jewish day school and running the New York City Marathon. She has been blogging here all… Ilana Garon November 15, 2013
Essay Lesbian-Feminist Midrash II: Stein and Sinclair Lesbian-feminist poet and scholar Julie R. Enszer has been blogging for The ProsenPeople this week on poetry, loss, and the pioneers of American Jewish… Julie R. Enszer November 15, 2013
Essay The Legacy of Robert Kimmel Smith by Dina Weinstein Forty years ago in books and in groups, women were documenting, prodding, and examining their world, their status, and their lot as they entered… Dina Weinstein November 14, 2013
Essay The Act of Writing a Poem “Interior monologue of the poet: the notes for the poem are the only poem” —from “Images for Godard” in The Will to Change (1971) by Adrienne Rich The… Julie R. Enszer November 14, 2013
Essay Have You Always Been Jewish? This week, Liz Rosenberg, the author of The Laws of Gravity blogs for The Postscript on being a Jewish writer, one’s roots, and what can pull those roots… Liz Rosenberg November 13, 2013
