Summer 2008
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

Political Imperatives
Which political imperatives drive you right now? Answers from Gloria Feldt, Nancy Ratzan, Rachel Tiven, Jane Kanarek, Catherine Schneider and Stefanie Greenberg

The Pleasure of Politics
Peripatetic photographer Joan Roth follows some of the women who've heated up this political season. Their energies might just fuel the future.

The Principles of Uncertainty
by Maira Kalman
The artist who brought us New Yorkistan rummages around in her native Israel, painting what and whom she finds there. Even in uncertain times, some beautiful things haven't changed.

Fiction by Shoham Smith
"Someone to Talk to" and "A Short Story About a Long Scarf"
Read her for the first time in English, translated for Lilith by Naomi Danis.

After the Diagnosis
by Karen Gilat
People often resist reaching out to families who have kids with autism--and there are a lot. A mother familiar with this isolation propses a ritual, recasting Havdalah, to welcome autistic children into the Jewish community.

Anzia Yezierska and Me
by Patricia Averbach
Why, at 16, Averbach cut short her career as literary assistant to the author of Bread Givers, Hungry Heart and Salome of the Tenements.
"Lvov, Ukraine 2008"
Poetry by Lois Roisman

"Photographs of Mothers and Daughters"
Poetry by Lyn Lifshin

Preview
Rahel the Poet: before the biopic.

From the Editor
Voices
Iris Bahr's hilarious and scary play * Arranged marriage, spontaneous friendship * Headmistress sex-abuse scandal * an Israeli's guide to masturbation * and more.
Reviews
First fiction from Carol Gilligan * New poetry from Adrienne Rich * tumor humor * Daphne Gottlieb's blushing book * and more.

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


On the Cover: Sigalit Landau, detail from her video "DeadSee," 2005, copyright 2008 Sigalit Landau.

A call for submissions! Keep Your Wives Away From Them: An Anthology of Writings By and About Orthodykes is soliciting submissions through July 31, 2008. This anthology of professional scholarly essays and personal journalistic pieces will explore the complexities of LGBTQ Orthodox identity, and document the rich innovations in Jewish and queer life in the communities of Orthodox Jewish lesbian, bisexual and trans people that have developed in around the world over the past 25 years. For more information and for submission guidelines, email editor Miryam Kabakov at keepyourwives@gmail.com

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.

In honor of first-ever governmental hearing on workplace discrimination against transgender people (held in the House of Representative this past June), and Kathleen Peratis's great article in the Forward on the topic, we've made all of Lilith's articles on transgender Jews available for free download. Check them out on our Landmark Articles page.

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

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.

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.