Mission and Masthead

Anna Solomon, CEO & Editor in Chief
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.

Susan Weidman Schneider, Editor in Chief Emerita
Susan, one of Lilith’s founding mothers, has been editor in chief since the magazine launched. Her writing about Jewish women’s philanthropy, the Jewish stake in abortion rights, the persistence of gender stereotyping and more have been credited with moving the needle on feminist change in the Jewish world. She’s the author of Jewish and Female and Intermarriage, and co-author of Head and Heart, a book about money in the lives of women. She is also co-editor of Lilith’s new fiction collection, Frankly Feminist.

Sarah Seltzer, Executive Editor
Sarah edits for the magazine and website and works with Lilith’s writing cohorts. The former editor of Kveller and Deputy Editor of Flavorwire, she is a widely published journalist, essayist, and book critic. Her debut novel, The Singer Sisters, was published by Flatiron in 2024.

Rebecca Katz, Director of Community Engagement & Partnerships
Rebecca fosters Jewish feminist community and opportunities to write, read, and be creative for Lilith. A cartoonist and creative facilitator, Rebecca started calling herself a feminist at 18 when she interned for Lilith over the summer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she’s raising her two sons just blocks away from where she grew up. One of her proudest accomplishments is illustrating two covers for Lilith.

Arielle Silver-Willner, Associate Editor
Arielle works with Jewish feminists across the Lilith universe, including participants in the New 40 cohort, student interns, subscribers, donors and writers. She joined Lilith as an intern in 2019 and has since published an assortment of writing in Lilith’s pages, as well as in Brooklyn Magazine and the Jewish Women’s Archive. She lives in Brooklyn not far from where she grew up.

Alexa Hulse, Editorial Assistant
Alexa engages and expands Lilith’s network through the magazine’s social media platforms and weekly newsletter. She got her start at the intern desk and joined Lilith as staff after graduating from Hollins University in 2024. Currently based in Charlotte, NC, her writing lives at the intersection of queerness and Judaism and can be found in the pages of Lilith, Sinister Wisdom, and more.

Yulia Starostina, Video Intern 

Yulia is responsible for videos at Lilith, including a special project for the 50th Anniversary. She is a journalist in exile from Russia, who has been persecuted for her anti-war values. In 2025, she won the Speak Truth to Power Collegiate Award at the Tribeca Festival.

Lindsay Barnett, Art Director
Lindsay brings her design expertise and passion for amplifying Jewish feminist voices to Lilith, where she has shaped the magazine’s visual identity for over 18 years. A graduate of RISD and Cooper Union’s typeface design program, she found her calling at the intersection of craft and community. Brooklyn born and raised — with a little Jersey mixed in — she’s still rooted in the city she loves, raising her two children and sharing her expertise as a teacher at FIT. One of her greatest joys is knowing that her design voice has helped bring Jewish feminist stories to life, issue after issue.

Yona Zeldis McDonough, Fiction Editor
Yona has had the privilege of being Lilith’s fiction editor for the last 25 years. She is also the author of ten novels, most recently One of Them, published under the pen name Kitty Zeldis, and over 40 books for children. Her fiction, essays and articles have appeared in many literary and national publications and she lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Joan Roth, Photographer
Joan has had her work featured in publications throughout the world and exhibited in major galleries everywhere. Author of Jewish Women: A World of Tradition and Change, as well as the first book with photographs of New York’s unhoused women.

Alicia Ostriker, Poetry Editor
Alicia Ostriker, a prizewinning poet, was New York State Poet Laureate in 2018-2021. Her most recent book is The Holy and Broken Bliss.

Naomi Danis, Managing Editor Emerita
Naomi Danis, who retired from Lilith in 2020 after 32 years to devote herself to writing children’s books, compiled Lilith’s resource pages, originated the annual roundup of feminist books for young readers, translated work from Hebrew to English in Lilith and elsewhere. Her acclaimed children’s books includeI Hate Everyone,While Grandpa Naps and My Best Friend, Sometimes.