Spring 2008
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

A DIFFERENT EYE ON ISRAEL AT 60

Young Israelis Make Waves in NYC
Four artists and a jazz singer cme to lunch and dish about politics, gender, and where cultures clash. Then they reveal how Israel grew them into artists. You eavesdrop, via Naomi Danis's translation of their Hebrew conversation.

Seven-Day Spa
by Sarah Greenberg
Spending one week a month in isolation with other women in a menstrual hut isn't easily done in modern-day Israel, so Ethiopian immigrants--and their university-educated daughters--are figuring out how to transpose these women's rituals into the 21st century.

What Worries Israeli Women Now?
by Barbara Gingold
They speak frankly about making ends meet, keeping peace in the home (in every sense of those words), and the powerful pull of their closest relationships. What keeps these women sane?

Too Jewish? Changing the Family Name
by Sarah Erdreich
Schoenburg-becomes-Belmont was only the beginning. What got lost when families hid their Jewish-sounding monikers? On a mission of reclamation, Erdreich and her sister change theirs back.

Jewish Magic Protected My Sister
by Sondra Levenson
Surprisingly, amulets and holy books can actually ward off bad outcomes, but not the ones you'd anticipate.

How Does an Orthodox Feminist Get Married?
In her own words, a young woman on the brink of the big day reflects on how struggling over just a quarter-inch of the neckline of her dress makes her who she is.

The Anti-Zen of Grandma
Fiction by Nina Gaby

"Blanche Runningbear"
Poetry by Nikki Stiller

Back Page
The unlikely addict: a tween Yeshiva girl

From the Editor
And read "A Dream of Zion" by Susan Weidman Schneider here!

Voices
Moosewood at 30 * new literary power couple * Orthodox women as rabbis (sort of) * delivering babies in Rwanda, and more.
Reviews
Lesley Hazleton rehabilitates Jezebel * Elisa Albert analyzes Esther Freud * Sylvia Plath's Jewish rival * and more.

Happening
Lilith's indispensable resource listing, compiled by Naomi Danis.


On the Cover: Israeli singer Mika Hary, photographed by Itay Butbega

The 37th Annual Jewish Journalism Conference is taking place May 28-30 in New York City, with Lilith's Editor in Chief, Susan Weidman Schneider, presenting. Read all about it here, courtesy of New Voices Magazine.

Esta Salzman, star of the Yiddish stage, died on April 23 at the age of 94. One of the last big names of the Second Avenue era of Yiddish theater, Ms. Salzman had performed with the Barry Sisters, Molly Picon, and most of the headliners of the era. In our Winter 2006 issue, Lilith photographer Joan Roth beautifully captured Esta and other "Yiddish divas"--you can read, now, in memorial, here.

And now a word from...you! Read the wonderful responses readers have left to the Winter issue on our blog by clicking here, and leave your own thoughts!

In honor of Israel's 60th birthday, LA's Skirball Center will be presenting a number of special programs. First up is an exhibit of late artist Ziva Sivan's work--the first time this work will be displayed in the U.S. You can see this artwork from April 11-June 30, 2008, along with photographs of Israeli women, which will run through August. For more information, check out www.skirball.org.

A special sneak peak preview! Click here to download Rabbi Avis Miller's review of Torah: A Women's Commentary, which will be running in the spring issue of Lilith.

Keshet is offering regional training institutes for Jewish educators on GLBT inclusion. Click here to apply, or contact Keshet for more information.

Israeli artist Michal Rovner has a new exhibit, "Makom II" at pacewildenstein from Feb. 13 through March 15. An "intricate collage" of constructions made from stones from destroyed Israeli and Palestinian homes, this exhibit looks particularly promising.

Lilith/WRJ salons have been featured in an article by the Washington Jewish Week. Check it out!

For the first time ever--available while supplies last--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.

Read editor Sarah Blustain's most recent article in The Nation, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

We've re-launched the Lilith Blog! Check out a new post every weekday from our excellent bloggers.

View sample panels from LILITH's traveling exhibit celebrating the magazine's almost 30-year history.

Now online: Selected articles from LILITH, as well as several in Spanish translation.