Susan Weidman Schneider is Lilith’s editor-in-chief and was one of the magazine’s founding mothers. She is the author of three acclaimed books, among them the groundbreaking Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today. Yona McDonough has been Lilith’s fiction editor for over twenty years. She is also an award-winning author of eight novels, most recently Not Our Kind, published under the pen name Kitty Zeldis, and over thirty-five books for children.

“Original, entertaining, thought-provoking, Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine will prove to be of special appeal to readers with an interest in Jewish themed literature and short story fiction. While especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Jewish literature fiction and short story collections, it should be noted that Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine is also available in a digital book format.”

• ForewordIntroductionThe Stories1. TRANSITIONSThe New WorldEsther Singer Kreitman (translated from the Yiddish by Barbara Harshav)In Every Girl’s HeartMyla GoldbergIn Vegas That YearAdrienne SharpA Wedding in PersiaGina NahaiNews to Turn the WorldKatie SingerSylvia’s SpoonMichelle BrafmanMax’s Mom Goes to CampJudith ZimmerMy Daughter’s BoyfriendsPenny JacksonUnveilingRacelle Rosett2. INTIMACIES1919: At the Connecticut ShoreJane LazarreThe Curiosa SectionHarriet GoldmanGlassDiana SpechlerThe Wedding Photographer’s AssistantIlana Stanger-RossThe List of PlaguesAudrey FerberRoad KillMiryam SivanProbabilitiesElizabeth EdelglassSound EffectsMichele RubyTake the A Train to ScotlandEllen Umansky3. TRANSGRESSIONSLot’s WifeMichal LembergerPaved with GoldBeth KanterDriving LessonKate SchmierLittle HenEmily Alice KatzThe Proper Care of SilverEmily FranklinBoundariesIlene Raymond RushFace MeElena Sigman ZhidYona Zeldis McDonough Deep in the ValleyCherise Wolas4. WARLa PoussetteRachel HallThe Fronds of KnivesRebecca Givens RollandStreet of the DeportedAnca L. SzilágyiFacts on the GroundRuchama King Feuerman5. BODY AND SOULThe Lives Under the StonesAmy BittermanDo Not Punish UsChana Blankshteyn (translated from the Yiddish by Anita Norich)Working the MikvehAmy GottliebIroningSarah SeltzerWhat Was CutBeth KanellFlash FloodHila Amit (translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Kurshan)All That Remains of EttaErica W. JamiesonThe Neowise Comet Listens InCarolivia Herron6. TO BELONGFlightPhyllis Caron AginsThe MiscreantsTamar Ben-Ozer HomeZeeva Bukai The Woman Who Lost Her NamesNessa RapoportRaised by JewsNaomi SeidmanAuthors and EditorsQuestions For DiscussionAcknowledgements

Susan Weidman Schneider is Lilith’s editor-in-chief and was one of the magazine’s founding mothers. She is the author of three acclaimed books, among them the groundbreaking Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today. Yona McDonough has been Lilith’s fiction editor for over twenty years. She is also an award-winning author of eight novels, most recently Not Our Kind, published under the pen name Kitty Zeldis, and over thirty-five books for children.

“Original, entertaining, thought-provoking, Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine will prove to be of special appeal to readers with an interest in Jewish themed literature and short story fiction. While especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Jewish literature fiction and short story collections, it should be noted that Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine is also available in a digital book format.”

• ForewordIntroductionThe Stories1. TRANSITIONSThe New WorldEsther Singer Kreitman (translated from the Yiddish by Barbara Harshav)In Every Girl’s HeartMyla GoldbergIn Vegas That YearAdrienne SharpA Wedding in PersiaGina NahaiNews to Turn the WorldKatie SingerSylvia’s SpoonMichelle BrafmanMax’s Mom Goes to CampJudith ZimmerMy Daughter’s BoyfriendsPenny JacksonUnveilingRacelle Rosett2. INTIMACIES1919: At the Connecticut ShoreJane LazarreThe Curiosa SectionHarriet GoldmanGlassDiana SpechlerThe Wedding Photographer’s AssistantIlana Stanger-RossThe List of PlaguesAudrey FerberRoad KillMiryam SivanProbabilitiesElizabeth EdelglassSound EffectsMichele RubyTake the A Train to ScotlandEllen Umansky3. TRANSGRESSIONSLot’s WifeMichal LembergerPaved with GoldBeth KanterDriving LessonKate SchmierLittle HenEmily Alice KatzThe Proper Care of SilverEmily FranklinBoundariesIlene Raymond RushFace MeElena Sigman ZhidYona Zeldis McDonough Deep in the ValleyCherise Wolas4. WARLa PoussetteRachel HallThe Fronds of KnivesRebecca Givens RollandStreet of the DeportedAnca L. SzilágyiFacts on the GroundRuchama King Feuerman5. BODY AND SOULThe Lives Under the StonesAmy BittermanDo Not Punish UsChana Blankshteyn (translated from the Yiddish by Anita Norich)Working the MikvehAmy GottliebIroningSarah SeltzerWhat Was CutBeth KanellFlash FloodHila Amit (translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Kurshan)All That Remains of EttaErica W. JamiesonThe Neowise Comet Listens InCarolivia Herron6. TO BELONGFlightPhyllis Caron AginsThe MiscreantsTamar Ben-Ozer HomeZeeva Bukai The Woman Who Lost Her NamesNessa RapoportRaised by JewsNaomi SeidmanAuthors and EditorsQuestions For DiscussionAcknowledgements

Susan Weidman Schneider is Lilith’s editor-in-chief and was one of the magazine’s founding mothers. She is the author of three acclaimed books, among them the groundbreaking Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today. Yona McDonough has been Lilith’s fiction editor for over twenty years. She is also an award-winning author of eight novels, most recently Not Our Kind, published under the pen name Kitty Zeldis, and over thirty-five books for children.

“Original, entertaining, thought-provoking, Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine will prove to be of special appeal to readers with an interest in Jewish themed literature and short story fiction. While especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Jewish literature fiction and short story collections, it should be noted that Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine is also available in a digital book format.”

• ForewordIntroductionThe Stories1. TRANSITIONSThe New WorldEsther Singer Kreitman (translated from the Yiddish by Barbara Harshav)In Every Girl’s HeartMyla GoldbergIn Vegas That YearAdrienne SharpA Wedding in PersiaGina NahaiNews to Turn the WorldKatie SingerSylvia’s SpoonMichelle BrafmanMax’s Mom Goes to CampJudith ZimmerMy Daughter’s BoyfriendsPenny JacksonUnveilingRacelle Rosett2. INTIMACIES1919: At the Connecticut ShoreJane LazarreThe Curiosa SectionHarriet GoldmanGlassDiana SpechlerThe Wedding Photographer’s AssistantIlana Stanger-RossThe List of PlaguesAudrey FerberRoad KillMiryam SivanProbabilitiesElizabeth EdelglassSound EffectsMichele RubyTake the A Train to ScotlandEllen Umansky3. TRANSGRESSIONSLot’s WifeMichal LembergerPaved with GoldBeth KanterDriving LessonKate SchmierLittle HenEmily Alice KatzThe Proper Care of SilverEmily FranklinBoundariesIlene Raymond RushFace MeElena Sigman ZhidYona Zeldis McDonough Deep in the ValleyCherise Wolas4. WARLa PoussetteRachel HallThe Fronds of KnivesRebecca Givens RollandStreet of the DeportedAnca L. SzilágyiFacts on the GroundRuchama King Feuerman5. BODY AND SOULThe Lives Under the StonesAmy BittermanDo Not Punish UsChana Blankshteyn (translated from the Yiddish by Anita Norich)Working the MikvehAmy GottliebIroningSarah SeltzerWhat Was CutBeth KanellFlash FloodHila Amit (translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Kurshan)All That Remains of EttaErica W. JamiesonThe Neowise Comet Listens InCarolivia Herron6. TO BELONGFlightPhyllis Caron AginsThe MiscreantsTamar Ben-Ozer HomeZeeva Bukai The Woman Who Lost Her NamesNessa RapoportRaised by JewsNaomi SeidmanAuthors and EditorsQuestions For DiscussionAcknowledgements