Susan Wei­d­man Schnei­der is Lilith​’s edi­tor-in-chief and CEO of the non­prof­it Lilith Pub­li­ca­tions, and was one of the magazine’s found­ing moth­ers. She is the author of three acclaimed books, among them the ground­break­ing Jewish and Female: Choic­es and Changes in Our Lives Today (1984). Her writ­ing in Lilith includes inno­v­a­tive reports on women’s phil­an­thropy, the Jew­ish stake in repro­duc­tive rights, and the per­sis­tent stereo­typ­ing of Jew­ish women. Among her recog­ni­tions: a Polakoff Life­time Achieve­ment Award in jour­nal­ism, inclu­sion in Women’s eNews ​“Lead­ers for the 21st Cen­tu­ry,” jour­nal­ism prizes for indi­vid­ual arti­cles in Lilith, and being named a Nation­al Coun­cil of Jew­ish Women ​“Woman Who Dared.” She was born in Win­nipeg, Cana­da, and lives in New York City.