Lines Of Communication

Of Chilblains and Rotten Rutabagas

by Marge Piercy

A chapter from a novel-in-progress set mainly during World War II, by the author of Small Changes, Braided Lives and Vida.

Malka the Fat Girl and Coming Back to Middlebury

by Sandi Wisenberg/ Lyn Lifshin

A shtetl girl’s struggle to find self-worth in a family and a tradition that both reject her.

Deeds of Love and Rage

by Marsha Lee Berkman

In the fallout from the parents’ ruptured marriage, a mother and daughter preparing for Shabbat discover that their relationship too has been altered.

The Miracle of Dora Wakin’s Art

by Norma Rosen

Unexpected consequences when a maturing artist turns from universal to Jewish themes.

From Mame-Loshn/ Mother Tongue

poetry by Irena Klepfisz

The Free Thinkers

by Layle Silbert

The amateur marriage-brokers don’t know what they’re up against when they plot a match for Ida.

Yosepha and Bas Mitzvah

by Nora Gold / Suzanne Bernhardt

Parental favoritism, sibling rivalry and revenge—-the stuff of Biblical legends—-in a farm family in modern Israel.

The Messenger

by Myra Sklarew

"All Jews are responsible for one another"—but how do we define the boundaries between responsibility and guilt?

Rivkah the Whore, The Spring After

poetry by Yael Mesinai

Cherries From the War

poetry by Sharon Neemani