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Susan Weidman Schneider

2019 Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame Inductee

Biography

Susan Weidman Schneider is a founding mother of Lilith "independent, Jewish and frankly feminist" the award-winning Jewish women's magazine; she has been Editor-in-Chief since its debut in 1976. The magazine and her books, articles and lectures are often credited with changing the way women shape their roles and the world around them.

Schneider's groundbreaking reporting has covered, among other subjects, Jewish women's philanthropy, the Jewish stake in abortion rights, gender stereotypes of Jews, and the positive effects of feminism on Jewish life.

She has won several journalism awards and is the author of three acclaimed books: Jewish and Female, the first book to take a comprehensive look at Jewish women's special concerns; Intermarriage: The Challenge of Living with Differences between Christians and Jews and Head and Heart, co-authored, about money in the lives of women.

She is a frequent guest lecturer on campuses and at conferences and is a founding board member of several women's social-change organizations.

She has been honored by her alma mater, Brandeis University, the Independent Press Association, Hadassah, American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Press Association and The Israel Women's Network. Women's E-news named her a "Leader for the 21st Century" and NCJW a "Woman Who Dared".
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