Summer Fiction

• Single Jewish Male Seeks… Letty Cottin Pogrebin
• Gibbous Moon Jessamyn Hope
• Facts on the Ground Ruchama King Feuerman

Confronting Generational Tensions to Build Our Badass Jewish Feminist Future

Erica Brody

What makes 3 generations of Jewish feminists so different from one another? Here’s what may help us find paths to common ground.

I Am A Cancer Previvor

Laurie H. Rubel

The killer sweeping through generations of women in her family turns out to be lurking in her own genes too, a revelation with deeply consequential decisions for getting tenure, bearing children and staying alive. 

Hidden Child: When Caritas Saved a Jewish Girl

Greta Herensztat, alias Ginette Henry

On the run from the Nazis, “little Ginette” and her mother hide, terrified, in place after place until finally, separated, Herensztat finds a spot of serenity and religious awe in a convent of cloistered nuns. A lifetime later, she returns to the convent as she promised.

Panic in a Suitcase

Yelena Akhtiorskaya

A daughter decodes her parents’ baffling nostalgia for their bad Old Country.

Material Culture: The Samovar

Clare Goldfarb

She’s never had a cup of zavarka-infused tea from it, because this samovar — a treasured heirloom from Odessa — now serves only the best, long-evening inflected, artisanal stories. 

Bride Price: Alexandria, Egypt, 1926

Ruth Mason

Reviewing the family saga: What happened when her mother was sold into marriage for the sake of the family’s return to Jerusalem? Believe it or not, it’s a 20th-century tale.