by Elisa Albert

Freud Family Fiction

A teenage heroine who longs to bond with her father

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Esther Freud’s novel Love Falls (Ecco, $13.95) takes place during the summer of 1981, against the backdrop of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding, as 17-year-old Lara travels to Italy to spend time with her mysterious father. It’s the latter narrative on which the novel focuses, even as it relies on the former for period detail and a good deal of charm.

Spring 2008

Young Israeli artists take New York. What kind of dress for an Orthodox bride? Too Jewish? Sisters reclaim the family name. A tween yeshiva girl drug addict.

A Tween Addict in Recovery

by “Sara”

Young Israelis Make Waves In NYC

How Does A Modern Orthodox Feminist Get Married?

as told to Melanie Weiss, illustrations by Ilene Beckerman

Winter 2018-9

Money and meaning, from teaching Hebrew school to funding abortion. Three miscarriages and a crisis of faith. Candidates who didn’t win. When your family breaks up with you (or vice versa).

Fall 2018

Latinx, Jewish, running for office • Alleged victims of a pediatrician find each other • Is motherhood new again? • A second chance at an old relationship • How to care for children without parents •

Summer 2018

Jewish women running for office. When food endangered Jews. The challenge of raising liberal kids in Israel. A Moroccan Jew finds common ground with Muslim feminists in Tangier. The proud history of midwives?

Spring 2018

#MeToo in Jewish organizations? A girl encounters her sperm-donor half-siblings. The Skokie teenager who crushed on Jesus. What can you toss after a parent dies? Repairing women’s torn bodies in Rwanda.

Freud Family Fiction

A teenage heroine who longs to bond with her father

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