Synopsis
Chicken soup goddess? Kvetch-monster? Or just a Jewish mother raising children in the real world? For Generations' writers explore the experience of Jewish motherhood, across the spectrum, from the religious to the secular Jewish communities. The editors do not take sides, allowing individual writers their own voice. Whether in the Diaspora or in Israel, maintaining tradition or creating new ritual, here is Judaism in all its diversity being handed on from one generation to the next. Contents: Fiction from Sidura Ludwig, Grace Paley, Mandy Ross, Anne Sebba and Michelene Wandor Poetry from Lucy Abrahams and Rosalind Preston Julia Bard on bringing up secular Jewish children Rebecca Bender on not having children Sally Berkovic on being a religious and feminist mother Isobel Braidman writes to her children Sarah Ebner welcomes her new daughter Angela English on Jewish mothers on film Shirly Eran - a Jewish mother in Israel Berta Freistadt - a woman unsown Masha Gesson on inherited bad genes Sara Goodman debates circumcision Michele Hanson on hearts and bowels Ann Harris on conversion Kitty Hart on surviving Auschwitz with her mother Brenda Heller on a difficult birth Rabbi Margaret Jacobi on mothers in the Talmud Batya Jacobs as a pioneer Ann Joseph on adoptive Jewish motherhood Susie Kaufman on going back to her Orthodox community Shana Mauer has some grievances from the women's section Rachel Montagu on mothers in the Hebrew Bible Rabbi Marcia Plumb on creating new rituals Ronne Randall on becoming a mother in mid-life Mandy Ross on mothers in Islam and Christianity Sibyl Ruth on being an undercover Jewish mother Lisa Saffron on lesbian parenting Ayala Ronen Samuels gives a feminist reading of biblical stories Beatrice Sayers on mixed faith relationships Marlene Schmool on children opting out of Judaism Ruth Shire on modern Jewish motherhood Elly Stanton seeks a man of worth Anna Sullivan on letting go Elana Maryles Sztokman between her daughter's world and her own Anna Sullivan on daughters becoming religious Nadia Valman on literary representations of the Jewish mother Karen Worth welcomes her new son Sheva Zucker on motherhood in Yiddish poetry Rafeket Zohar on mothers and the kibbutz Soup: cover illustration "Making Soup" by Anita Klein (www.anitaklein.com); chicken soup recipe by Ronne Randall Mandy Ross has worked as an editor for various children's publishers and now works freelance, editing educational publications. She grew up in Manchester and now lives in Birmingham where she is a member of Birmingham Progressive Synagogue. Ronne Randall has worked in publishing for more than thirty years and in now a freelance editor and children's writer. She was born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and now lives in Nottingham, England.
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