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Spring 1999
In this issue: A new role for females at the circumcision: the mohel is a woman! Radical Jewish daughters, then and now: from the Spanish Civil War and Red Diaper babies to the offspring of 60’s activists. A short story about craving both food and a mother’s love. Being single at the seder.
From Noga, Israel’s Feminist Magazine
translated by Naomi Danis
At last—a taste of Israel's Hebrew-language feminist magazine.
- “The Concrete Ceiling; Women In Israeli Politics” by Sylvia Bijawi
- “Is Marriage A Prerequisite For Womanhood?” by Amalia Saar
- Women in Iran: Since Khatami by Erela Daor
- First Feminist Hebrew Poet by Rachel Morfurgo
When the Mohel is a Woman
by Ilana Trachtman, with Sarah Blustain
As an ancient, boys-only rite of passage moves into the modern era, we have to wonder: What would Sigmund Freud have to say?
God No. 2
poetry by Lisa Bernstein (Lisa B)
Out of the Silence, Out of the Flames
Two daughters tell Passover stories of personal exodus.
- The Morning My Father Met Ernest Hemingway on the Way to the Promised Land by Judy Labensohn
- Watching the Fire by Helen Schary Motro
When Our Parents Neglected Us to Save the World…
by Rivka Ketzel Solomon
Radical Sixties parents spawn ideological Nineties daughter. Beyond anti-war activism and feminist consciousness-raising, what else did their legacy include? Plus Red Diapers, reviewed by Eleanor Bader.
Fighting Fascism
by Ian Halpern
Spanish Civil War. Lincoln Brigade. Guernica. The touchstones for generations of left-wing activist men. Sixty years after the fall of the Spanish Republic, we hear about the gutsy Jewish women who defied America in defense of democracy.
The Yoke
poetry by Lisa Bernstein (Lisa B)
Why Is This Chair Different From All Other Chairs?
by Annie Wigman
A Londoner’s reflections on being Jewish, female and … unmarried.