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Lilith Magazine - From the Archives
Lilith Magazine Covers Adoption
Adoption and Jewish Women
Lilith’s writing about adoption has broken new ground through first-hand explorations of alternative family formation in the wake of infertility, the memoirs of adoptees, the rarely heard narratives of those pregnant, unmarried Jewish women who, in the pre-Roe v. Wade years, decided to relinquish their newborns for adoption, and more. Now, for the first time, Lilith brings together some of our most powerful pieces on adoption and Jewish women. This curated collection, which we will expand periodically, is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Sunny and Abe Rosenberg Foundation.
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Polar Region, Winter 2002-03.
A short story by Erika Dreifus.
The New Infertility, Spring 1988.
What’s new about it is that women sometimes feel as if they’ve made all the wrong choices. Read here about some that have worked out well: “Wanting Babies,” in which Shirley Frank examines what has changed in women’s lives since she wrote about “The Population Panic” in Lilith ten years ago; “Making Babies,” in which Sara Nelson reports on a Jewish social worker who decided to bear a child for an infertile couple. “Very Jewish,” claims the birth mother; Arlene Agus tells us what Jewish law says about this; “Getting Babies,” in which Penina and Steve Adelman have a conversation about the choices they made; and a male perspective on infertility from Rabbi Michael Gold.
Gringa Guilt and Housework, Summer 2009.
by Janie Eidus
Sarah’s Laugh: How Infertile Women Deal, Summer 1998.
Karen Propp on doing time in a support group.
King Solomon’s Knife: A Feminist Midrash about Adoption, Summer 1998.
Diane Cole asks, “Who’s the real mother?” and transforms Solomon’s tale into one of healing.
Jewish Adoptions: Obstacles and Solutions, Summer 1998.
Michele Kriegman sets forth new guidelines for how to adopt ethically.
Putting Jewish Wombs to Work: Israelis Confront New Reproductive Technologies,
Summer 1998.
Susan Martha Kahn on pronatalism in Israel and why right-wing Orthodox rabbis have figured out how to make surrogate motherhood kosher.
Sex and Shame in a Different Era
In earlier decades, when abortion was unsafe and illegal, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy meant ruin. If a shotgun wedding was out of the question, nice Jewish girls went into hiding and gave the baby up for adoption. Here are some of their stories. Winter 2000-2001
Jewish Women’s Eggs: A Hot Commodity in the IVF Marketplace, by Susan Weidman Schneider, Fall 2001.
Ads in college papers invite Jewish women to become egg donors—for compensation up to $50,000! Turns out that infertile Jewish women are looking for eggs from younger versions of themselves. Lilith’s Editor in Chief explore the assumptions behind the ads, the risks to young women and the complex emotions generated by new reproductive possibilities. Plus: Eleanor J. Bader on buying and selling: the metaphors of assisted reproduction.
A Good Egg: The Donor’s Story, “Rebecca Greenberg” talks to Esther D. Kustanowitz, Fall 2004.
She just gave birth to her own child. Now a Jewish woman who years ago donated her eggs to an infertile couple looks back on her extraordinary choice.
Jewish Moms, Chinese Daughters, by Merri Rosenberg, Spring 2006.
Single Jewish women adopt the orphans of China’s one-child-only policy. Now the first wave of these Chinese daughters prepares for bat mitzvah. Plus… how the offspring of Jewish-Chinese intermarriages celebrate.
Do you have powerful stories to share them? Leave your comments below!
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