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Dear
Happy
DEAR HAPPY, Somebody stole my hus
band. And left a not-ao-good imitation in his place.
The man I married 12 yean ago was "Hr. Spar
kle." The man I see spending every waking week
end hour in front of the TV or behind a newspaper,
is "Hr. Yawn. ” .
Where’s the fun and excitement I remember?
: Should I hint around about building a swimming
pool—or taking a cruise? There must b%sometbing
I can do. But what is it?
BORED TO TEARS AND THEN SOME
Dear Bored, Congratulations. You’ve just dis
covered the ntt you’re in. But boredom comes
just as easily to people with swimming pools and
condominiums in the islands as it does to die rest
of us. So that isn’t the answer.
You need a change—a complete change-
front your normal, everyday life.
The Marriott Hotel at Perimeter Center has
-a neat thing going every weekend that’s really
catching on. The Escape Weekend.
You get about as far away from the hum
drum routine at home as you can imagine. With
out going any real distance at afl. You get a
couple of days out of the ldda-and-kitchen rut to
relax and have fun, without spending a lot of time
getting there and back.
The Marriott Hotel at Perimeter Center has
a heated indoor pool, a sauna, tennis courts, a
lovely restaurant and a lounge with live enter
tainment for dancing after dinner. You’re right
next door to the Perimeter Shopping Mall, too.
And the nice thing is—it’s a heck of a bargain.
With a room and breakfast-for-two both days,
dinner-for-tWo one night, free champagne, full
use of the facilities for less than $70 a couple. Or,
take the one-night Escape-champagne, a room,
dinner and breakfast for less than $50 a couple. At
those prices, you can go on the spur of the moment
practically any weekend you wish.
< And I've got a feeling that one weekend like
this might just brjng back “Mr. Sparlde.'
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Make your reservations now for an exciting Es
cape Weekend at the Marriott Hotel at Perimeter
Center. Call (404) 394-6500.
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Feminist Jews hove forum
in new provocative magazine
By Norma A. Orvitz
If the woman’s lib movement
needed s good-housekeeping
stamp of approval from a Yid-
dishe mama, the new magazine
Lilith has provided that sanc
tion.
Setting feminism within the
safe confines of a Jewish
quarterly, Jewish women now
have a wholly independent organ
that will act as a forum for
Jewish and feminist issues.
With only the third issue
shortly forthcoming, the editors
are still in the process of
“establishing a rhythm for get
ting out the magazine,” accor
ding to Susan Weidm&n
Schneider.
The varied concerns of Jewish
women, who may or may not
consider themselves feminists
(the label is limiting), is exactly
what Lilith will be presenting.
Named for Adam’s legendary
first companion, Lilith the
magazine is attempting to
emulate the positive qualities
Lilith, ’ the partner,
demonstrated. Lilith was given a
“bad press,” said Schneider, and
her name is now nearly syn
onymous with witch, bitch,
murderess and seductress. Not
so! The original tale of Lilith
suggests that she simply refused
to lie beneath or be subjugated
to Adam. Dealing with the
original male ego proved dis
astrous and Lilith fled, never to
return to Eden.
Since Eve, who proved to be
subservient, worked out in Eden,
it was later assumed that
everything Eve was, Lilith was
not. So, while Eve was fruitful,
it was presumed Lilith was
barren. If Eve and Adam knew
each other, Lilith was frigid. If
Eve was ameliorative, Lilith was
provocative.
The only Biblical reference to
Lilith is in Isaiah and that
reference is a vague mention of
the “night-monster”. The
magazine hangs its hat on the
rack provided by the “Alphabet
of Ben Sira,” a compilation of
proverbs, some based upon
Hebraic sources. It is the
“Alphabet..." that gives play to
the Lilith as equal version of the
first Eve. Thereafter, there are
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source upon source of Midrashic
references dealing with con
tradictory attitudes and ex
planations of Lilith’s alleged
machinations.
The editors of Lilith arbitrari
ly dismiss the negative myths
and accentuate Lilith's one
legendary but positive first and
last stand.
In a survey conducted in the
premiere issue, it was discovered
that Lilith’s format appealed to
two distinct audiences: the
strongly Jewish-establishment
identified woman in her 20’s and
80’s, who just might be ripe for
change; and the woman who
calls herself a feminist before
she acknowledges that she is a
Jew.
With advertising copy from
groups as diverse as Lufaavitch
and the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, Lilith editors
hope to offer a space to be to all
Jewish women. The magazine,
an educationil endeavor, is be
ing “bankrolled on a shoestring”
so that seed money, from the
Max and Anna Levenson Foun
dation for example, is much ap
preciated.
The goal is not to encourage
Jewish bra-burning, says
Schneider. Rather, creating a
“world of our mothers” discus
sion, coalescing the burgeoning
women’s movement with Jewish
identity, offering issues to be i
“put on the agenda of the Jewish
community,” to put a stop and
, desist order on. the. priweh^j
“brain-drain” and loss of 52 per
cent of Jewish “people-power.”
The subscription list, which ,
doubled between the first and.,
second issues, now numbers 3,-
500. It would seem that, despite
the 'reticence of some Jewish
women to be labeled feminist,
there are thousands who are
weary of the Sophie Portnoy and
JAP images. They are ripe for
change but choose to grow
within the Judaic framework.
It is a welcome relief to know
that feminism and Judaism can
co-exist. They are not and do not
have to be mutually exclusive.
Lilith, the positive Lilith,
liveth!
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