A Zionist in Spite of Herself Judy Shotten, interviewed by Barbara Gingold
The Canadian-born feminist psychologist--who brought sex therapy to Israel--has been transforming things there since 1949.
What's a Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing in a Man's Body? by Joy Ladin
The complicated story of becoming a woman gives a whole new dimension to Rabbi Hillel's famous creed, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?"
When Food and Love Collide by Cynthia Graber
Two kosher-keeping Jews walk into a restaurant... and the true challenges of breaking bread with a partner who has different food rules become painfully apparent.
In the Beginning There Was This: Fat... and Then I Started Cutting by Marni Grossman
A young woman recounts a painful struggle, through adolescence and young adulthood, which is relieved only through disordered eating and then 103 cuts.
Breast Cancer in the Family:
Three Sisters by Sarah Byck One woman's struggle to
grapple with her sister's breast cancer diagnosis and face her own
difficult decisions about the disease.
Four (Same-Sex, Half-Jewish) Weddings and a Funeral by Susan Goldberg
The author's unconventional wedding plans get less conventional as she lets her mother, fighting breast cancer, take over the planning.
Voices
How the Holocaust affects mothers and their daughters--even today * Culinary tours of the Galilee * Conservative women rabbis get stronger * "Coasties" vs. "J.A.P.s"? * The challah revival (click here for recipes, and send us your own!) * And more...
Happening compiled by Naomi Danis
Going. Doing. Indispensable resources.
Reviews
Jews in the fashion biz * Unsung women rescuers during WWII * New fiction not to miss * Why women cover up * Esther Broner's new novel * Jewish women who intermarry * And more...
Beautiful Girl in the Snow by Anna Schnur-Fishman
When an infant dies at a Chinese orphanage, an American volunteer manages to commemorate teh little life Jewishly.
From the Editor
Susan Weidman Schneider on old biases in new media: the noise around Jewish women's bodies now.
Cover: Joan L. Roth with thanks to Jongchul Lee.
Cover design: Aliza Dzik.
Don't miss Lilith's Editor in Chief, Susan Weidman Schneider, on her upcoming international tour!
At Congregation Dorshei Emet in Montreal on February 12 and 13, for a 3-talk Shabbat series entitled "Hearing All the Voices." Plus, don't miss the Lilith exhibit in Dorshei Emet's lovely gallery!
At LimmudPhilly March 6 and 7. Susan's talk is entitled "Independent. Jewish. Frankly Feminist. Where do we go from here?" It's a bold look at what's on the minds of Jewish women right now, from money and philanthropy to power politics in the living room and the boardroom, from our bodies to our spiritual lives--and how Lilith magazine tries to sort it all out. Register today for special savings!
At the historic Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC, on March 10, when Not Your Bubbe's Sisterhood, a program for women in their 20s and 30s, will be hosting a Lilith salon. Copies of the magazine will be available in advance through the synagogue.
Whether you were rooting for the Saints or the Colts, we can likely all get behind the incredible Raging Grannies of FL video, created as part of the Not Under the Bus campaign. We don't know for sure, but we suspect that these activists are Jewish (and though we don't love the ageism of their video title, we do applaud their moxie).
March 10, Pre-Passover, enjoy an evening of learning songs to enhance your own seder with the voices of many splended women: Sarah Aroeste, Melissa Berman, Cantor Angela Buchdahl, Adrienne Cooper, Galeet Dardashti, Elizabeth Sacks, and Basya Schechter; with text study and narration by Rabbis Judith Hauptman and Dianne Cohler-Esses, as well as a light supper, at a joint program of the JCC of Manhattan and Central Synaogue.
Slightly belated, check out this great piece by Elicia Brown for the Jewish Week on women's wishes in the season of miracles.
Race. Loss. For $10, we'll send you one copy of each of these classic back issues: "Motherloss: What Happens to a Girl When Her Mother Dies Young?" (Summer 1999) and "African American Nannies & Jewish Girls: Looking Back at a Complex Relationship" (Winter 2002-3)--just click here. Bulk orders are available for your salon/book group or class, for a limited time only, at $25 for 25 copies. Please specify which of these two issues you are ordering in bulk.
Lilith has just made available online "Repairing the Trauma in Niger," a news update by Elizabeth Bennett about African women for whom childbirth is often life-threatening--just click here. Lilith recommends the movie A Walk to Beautiful, the story of five Ethiopian women recovering from childbirth-related injuries and trauma.
Have you found a Lilith salon near you? See them all on the new Lilith salon map. Are we missing your salon? Please send us an email!
Have you seen the great video from Lilith's Fun(d)-Raiser? Check it out!
While supplies last--high-quality canvas Lilith tote bags, with a Nicole Hollander cartoon on one side and Lilith's tagline on the other, so you can let everyone know that you, too, are independent, Jewish & frankly feminist. Buy one at the Lilith store, today. We love them so much that we'll send you one free when you make a tax-deductible contribution of $360 or more.
View sample panels from LILITH's traveling exhibit celebrating the magazine's almost 30-year history.
We've re-launched the Lilith Blog! Check out a new post every weekday from our excellent bloggers.
Don't miss Lilith's Editor in Chief, Susan Weidman Schneider, on her upcoming international tour!