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Spring 2000
In this issue: Weddings in a feminist age: resisting white, stretching Jewish traditions, and the wedding photographer’s secret insights. A Jew by choice cares; her born-Jewish husband couldn’t care less. Plus: “What converts talk about when Jews aren’t around.” Kadya Molodowsky, the queen of Yiddish literature. Passover, after the slavery of anorexia.
A Convert’s Passion for Judaism
by Kathleen Perotis
What happens when a (formerly Greek Orthodox) woman feels passionately Jewish, but her born-Jewish husband does not.
What Converts Talk About (When Jews aren’t Around)
by Angela Himsel
Eavesdrop on women reminiscing about bacon, Jesus and other discarded elements of their foregone faith.
Weddings in a Feminist Age
- Isn't It Ironic… by Susan Weidman Schneider
- A Counterproposal by Sarah Blustain
- How Elastic is Jewish Tradition by Heidi Gralla
- Under the African Huppah by Aliyah Baruchin
- Running the Orthodox Rabbinic Gauntlet in Israel by Michele Chabin
- The Wedding Photographer Tells All by Flash Rosenberg
The Personal Becomes Political
by Eleanor J. Bader
We’re staggering under the responsibilities of caring for aging relatives, but government and volunteer agencies are often no help. One expert says it out loud: "Legislatures are dominated by men."
The Jewish Community: Ahead of the Curve?
by Eleanor J. Bader
The Yiddish Queen and her “Menersher Kop”
by Sheva Zucker
Meet Kadya Molodowsky, one of the greatest writers of Yiddish literature. A quarter-century after her death, a new book delivers her poetry in full to English readers.
All Who are Hungry
by Ilana Kurshan
Feasting again, a college student uses Passover to celebrate freedom from the slavery of anorexia.
Anne Frank—A Girl for All Times: Would She Have Become Our Elie Wiesel?
A Small-Screen Roundup of Who’s a (Female) Jew
Unearthing the Gems of Feminist Scholarship
Activist Creates Sister-Synagogue Ties With Cuba
Podium Pairings
18th Century Iraqi Torah for Women
LILITH Editor Honored in the Knesset
Selections from NOGA, Israel’s Feminist Magazine
The Flesh Trade: Around the World and in Israel
Infertility Treatment Ethics