Susan Weidman Schneider

Susan Weidman Schneider (born March 17, 1944) is a Canadian author, activist and editor of the feminist magazine Lilith. She has written several books and articles on a variety of topics including intermarriage, fertility, domestic abuse, conversion, Orthodoxy and feminism and LGBTQ issues.

Childhood and education Susan Weidman Schneider was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in a secular Jewish family. Her father was Sydney Herbert Weidman who worked as a wholesale grocer in his family business. Her mother, Zora Zagrabelna, attended university in an era when many girls did not and was an active member in the Jewish theatre scene and the Jewish Women's Musical Club. She acted in Yiddish theater troupes and wrote and directed plays for young adults.

During her childhood, Susan Weidman Schneider was an active member of her synagogue, in Jewish youth groups, and in an interfaith organization. In 1961, she started studying at Brandeis University. She described this time as her "political awakening".

Intermarriage: The Challenge of Living with Differences between Christians and Jews (1989) In her second book, Susan Weidman Schneider discusses possibilities to build a successful interfaith marriage whilst not attempting to erase differences.

Head and Heart: A Woman's Guide to Financial Independence (1991) In her third book, that Weidman Schneider co-authored with Arthur B.C. Drache, she gives advice to women on financial security, the economic aspects of relationships, divorce, widowhood, and responsibility for dependents. the National Council of Jewish Women awarded her the "Woman Who Dared" award and she received the Polakoff Lifetime Achievement Award in journalism for her work on Lilith.