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by Susan Schnur
Jewish Daughters and Fathers
From Silence to Speech
It is amazing how often LILITH receives, over the transom, manuscripts by daughters about their fathers. It’s a theme that, if we actually counted such things, probably appears far less than “Bubble and Me” does, but far more than “Mom and Me.” What’s more, most of these father stories speak, sad to say, of a wish: a wish that Dad be more communicative, a wish that Dad had been more supportive and proud, a wish that Dad was more capable of giving us love we could understand.
Jewish Daughters and Fathers
The articles in this special section:Tetiev, My Dad, and Cyberspace
by Gail Todd
Gail Todd reconstructs her father’s lost world, cracking the silence a pogrom begat.
Prayer Making
poetry by Shari Berkowitz
Finally “I Love You”
by Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper moves past a dad’s nastiness to understand that she can honor him and still be true to herself.
A Feygele Zingt [A Daughter Sings]
by Faye Kellerstein
Faye Kellerstein on how, despite sexist strictures, an Orthodox daughter becomes her father’s voice.
Lot’s Daughters Reveal It Was Child Abuse
poetry by Susan Gross
Grandfather’s Voice
poetry by Marcella Fleischman Pixley
Empty Lots
poetry by Cassandra Sagan Bell