In this issue: The pleasure of politics: Joan Roth photographs female candidates; Gloria Feldt, Nancy Ratzan, Rachel Tiven and others declare what issues stir them up. A new ritual uses havdalah imagery to separate an autistic son from his diagnosis, making sure the congregation welcomes him. Why, at 16, an aspiring writer quit as Anzia Yezierska’s literary assistant. Yes, an Israeli guide to masturbation.