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n• Jewish Mothers, each of the
positive hemophiliac: As a mother
50 Jewish women interviewed
I would not want another woman
openly share their life experi-
and child to go through what Josh
ences, struggles, hopes and wis-
and I have had to endure. ...I
dom. Here are some of their
believe you take what life gives you
thoughts:
and make it work. At home we
• Sue Willis, who along with
light a candle every night and pray.
her family sued Alabama's Pike
... I am not angry with God, but at
County Public School District for
times I do feel sorry for myself and
religious discrimination: "The reli
the pain my son endures. The way I
gious discrimination against my
survive is that I put God's light all
children started in 1992 when my
around Joshua and place him in the
son David came
hands of angels."
home from ele-
• Blu
mentary school
Greenberg,
with swastikas
Modern
drawn on his
Orthodox femi-
backpack. ...The
nist and author of
No. 1 job of a
On Women and
mother is to
Judaism: "Being a
protect her kids
mother is truly
and I felt like I
wonderful and
failed at that. ...I
amazing. It put
wanted them to
me on a different
know that being
plane in terms of
a Jew is nothing
self-understand-
to hide and
ing and achieve-
nothing to be
ment.
think
ashamed of.
the entire
...Once our legal
American culture
case was
swung during the
resolved, the
20th century
community
from the notion
Religious
made it real clear that we
discrimination that you do first for family
were not welcome. ...I
to 'do first for yourself'
victim
hope for my kids that they
Jewish
women were not
Sue Willis
will take this difficult expe-
immune to this value
rience and learn from it to become
change, despite the persistence of
very tolerant human beings."
self-sacrificing Jewish mother images
• Ethel Kleinman, Holocaust
in the popular culture. In some ways
survivor: "The Nazis killed my
feminism catalyzed this for Jewish
mother, father, two sisters, two
women. Feminism is about putting
brothers and five of my nieces and
oneself forward, which is fine,
nephews. ...I met and married my
except in excess. There needs to be
husband in a displaced persons
balance."
camp in Germany. My first child,
• Roni Toporovsky, graphic artist
Leah, was born there. ...I followed
and mother of four children: "A
my husband to America because
love of Judaism and our heritage
he was a yeshiva but-her and
has always had a strong presence in
thought he had no skills to live in
our family. We celebrated both bar
Israel. My family arrived in
and bat mitzvahs at our house after
America on the Fourth of July;
traditional ceremonies. ...It is hard
Leah was just 2 years old. We saw
to talk about my mother because
all these lights. We had no lights
she is deceased and I want to honor
in Europe so this was very beauti-
her memory. She did not make the
ful. ...I feel that Hitler didn't tri-
best choices for herself in life and
umph because we started over
was quite anxious, probably very
again and have all these grandchil-
unhappy. ...My mother was of
dren. ...I have lived life as an
another generation and she had
Orthodox woman, wife, mother,
trouble understanding me.
and, you know, the sheitl doesn't
However, I knew that she loved me,
make a difference. It is what you
and that is really all you have to do
feel on the inside."
as a parent, simply love your chil-
• Patricia Lunior, mother of 16-
dren, listen and give them space to
year-old Joshua, who is an HIV-
find themselves." ❑

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