Please wait...
Summer 2006
In this issue: Out of the closet and under the huppah—a lesbian couple and their traditional wedding. Plus—being out as a Jew in lesbian circles. How to act ethically if you hire household help. A post-9/11 search in lower Manhattan. One therapist needs an un-marriage ceremony to mark her Jewish divorce.
Who Cleans Your House?
by Alice Sparberg Alexiou
One Candle for Sophie
fiction by Evelyn Krieger
Getting the Get
by Barbara M. Stock
"I needed an un-marriage ceremony," Stock says. A therapist tells, surprisingly, of how moving and useful she found her Jewish divorce.
Coming Out in the Orthodox World
by Tamar A. Prager
Here's how one lesbian couple—wanting the blessings both of their parents and of Jewish tradition—melded Judaism and their gay identity.
- Being Out as a Jew in Lesbian Circles by Melanie Weiss
Shade of My Grandmother
poetry by Susan Terris
A Woman of Uncertain Character
by Clancy Sigal
The amorous and radical adventures of my mother Jennie (who always wanted to be a respectable Jewish mom) by her bastard son
Gabrielle Birkner on "Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to Be Young," and "Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead"
Shala Erlich on "Intuition," "Vickett's Remedy," and "An Imperfect Lens"
Ilana Kurshan on "Murder on Bethlehem Road" and "Accidents"
Sara J. Marks on "Elements of Style," and "The Nanny Diaries"
Tammy Hepps on "Triangle"
Susan Sapiro on "Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families"
Natalie Graham on "The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank"
Idra Novey on "Morning Prayer"
Susan Dworkin on "Wuthering Heights," "Bronteland and Other Stories," and "A New Story for Nada"