Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

With our attention to all the books and DVDs we have sometimes it is easy to forget that we have great periodicals, newspapers and magazines as well. For example today the latest issue of Lilith magazine has arrived. Its 48 pages are filled with “independent, Jewish & frankly feminist” topics according to its tagline. The detailed table of contents is posted on the magazine’s website. From the numerous interesting articles I would like to draw your attention to the six stories daughters wrote on/about/in relation to their mothers.

Two stories, by Laurie Mozian and Esther Moritz, are about coming of age against the backdrop of strong Jewish mothers; two, by Amy Katz and Rebecca Himber Berg, limn the intense emotional partnership between mother and daughter in the absence of men; two by Berg and Litwak, are about desperately, magically wanting to compensate Mom for her losses; and one by Eva White, is about the huge nexus of meaning that falls away in the absence of mom.

Come on in check out this issue to read these stories and more or browse through precious issues. And unlike at the public library you can borrow copies of magazines from us.