Spring 2010

How Twenty-Somethings Mate Now
by Susan Schnur
Three (very Jewish) rabbis' daughters, inhabiting a multicultural, radically new world, dish about their non-Jewish partnering.

"Off and Running"--A New Film About Adoption and Identity
Lilith talks to filmmaker Nicole Opper
Opper's new documentary powerfully chronicles the feelings--and poignant searching--of Avery Klein-Cloud, an African-American teenager who at birth was adopted into an interracial Jewish lesbian family in Brooklyn.

In London, Her Wedding Space Reshapes the Whole Experience
by Judy Batalion
What drives a progressive Jewish woman to marry under Orthodox strictures in an Orthodox synagogue? Sometimes, the building itself.

"Standing Suspended in the Miracle"
by Ilana Kurshan
Launching the nuptial festivities, a traditional wedding tisch ("table") has been a men-only occasion for teaching and learning. Here, Lilith's book editor tells what she taught the guests at her wedding.

Women Handling Our Sacred Texts
Photos and text by Joan Roth
Powerful images of women Torah readers, Torah makers, scholars and interpreters, and what's behind their often transgressive work.

Your Brain, On Love
Some of the weird and wonderful ways that brain chemistry and culture collide to affect whom we love, and how.

Back Page
by Marjorie Attignol Salvodon
A Haitian-American reflects on what Judaism taught her in relation to motherloss and Haiti's recent devastation.

Voices
Rapping and singing out about divorce * Ruth Gruber at 98, celebrated on film (wait til you see her bio!) * "Dare I daven at the Wall?" * Remembering Jean Carroll, our first Jewish [feminist] comedian * Giving away your clothes * and more...

Reviews
Ariella Kurshan tackles Sexism in America * Amy Stone on Jewish life in Shanghai during the Holocaust * Frances Brent on The Possessed by Elif Batuman * The Passionate Torah explored by Alieza Salzberg * Yona Zeldis McDonough on Dani Shapiro's spiritual quest * and more...

Happening
Compiled by Naomi Danis
Your indispensable guide.

From the Editor
Susan Weidman Schneider on giving credit and getting credit.