Queer Jews
Queer Jews describes how queer Jews are changing Jewish American culture, creating communities and making room for themselves, as openly, unapologetically queer and Jewish. Combining political analysis and personal memoir, these essays explore the various ways queer Jews are creating new forms of Jewish communities and institutions, and demanding that Jewish communities become more inclusive.\ \ \ 2002 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Spirituality.\
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Of all the major religions, Judaism is arguably the most welcoming of gays and lesbians. The contributors to Queer Jews offer a pioneering anthology of probing, insightful, humorous and soul-searching essays that explore the joys and the conflicts of being both Jewish and queer. Combining memoir, pop culture analysis, and stories from the front lines, Queer Jews introduces a new generation of post-Stonewall writers and scholars, who, together with well-known voices, present a dynamic vision of change, progress, and the future. Danya Ruttenberg We've been long overdue for the book that shows where queer Jewish thought has been over the last few years-and more importantly-where it's headed. Queer Jews addresses just about every aspect of queer Jewish experience, and does so with insight, humor, and a whole lot of chutzpah. This book has vitally important things to teach anyone and everyone who picks it up.
AcknowledgmentsPt. IMixed BlessingsIntroduction: Heeding Isaiah's Call3Creating Our Histories: A Look Back at Twice Blessed16How a "Liberationist" Fem Understands Being a Queer Jew, or How Taking Advice from a Prophet, Even a Jewish One, Is (Un)Transformative23Pt. IIIdentityThe Writing on the Wall: On Being a Jewish Writer, a Lesbian Writer, and a Jewish Lesbian Writer29A Gay Orthodox Rabbi36Jewish Dyke Baby-Making44A Young Man from Chelm: Or A Nontraditionally Gendered Hebrew School Teacher Tells All55Queer Naked Seder and Other Newish Jewish Traditions70Whose Side Are You On?: Transgender at the Western Wall84In the Aron Kodesh: Wrestling with the Rabbinic Closet100Pt. IIIInstitutionsKol Sason v'Kol Simcha, Kol Kalah v'Kol Kalah: Same Gender Weddings and Spiritual Renewal111Without Standing Down: The First Queer Jewish Street Protest119Out at School: A Queer Jewish Education135Breaking Ground: A Traditional Jewish Lesbian Wedding148Remaking Family: Canadian Jews, Sexuality, and Relationships156Remembering the Stranger: Identity, Community, and Same-sex Marriage172Pt. IVCultureLost Jewish (Male) Souls: A Midrash on Angels in America and The Producers189Outing the Archives: From the Celluloid Closet to the Isle of Klezbos199Trembling on the Road: A Simcha Diary215Israeli Gays and Lesbians Encounter Zionism224All Points Bulletin: Jewish Dykes Adopting Children238"Next Year in Freedom!": Taking Our Seder to the Streets258Glossary271Contributors275Index283
\ Danya RuttenbergWe've been long overdue for the book that shows where queer Jewish thought has been over the last few years-and more importantly-where it's headed. Queer Jews addresses just about every aspect of queer Jewish experience, and does so with insight, humor, and a whole lot of chutzpah. This book has vitally important things to teach anyone and everyone who picks it up.\ \ \ \ \ Rebecca AlpertShneer and Aviv have assembled a first-rate collection of essays that will permanently alter all perceptions about Queer Jews. These vivid, cutting edge tales of the lives of transgender, bisexual, gay and lesbian Jews delight and challenge. If this book reflects the state of queer thinking in Jewish life, we may indeed count our blessings.\ \
