Queer Jews / edited by David Shneer & Caryn Aviv.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shneer, David, 1972-

Aviv, Caryn, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish gay people--United States.

Jewish gay people.

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Homosexuality.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part I Mixed Blessings

Introduction: Heeding Isaiah's Call / David Shneer, Caryn Aviv 3

Creating Our Histories: A Look Back at Twice Blessed / Avi Rose, Christie Balka 16

How a "Liberationist" Fem Understands Being a Queer Jew, or How Taking Advice from a Prophet, Even a Jewish One, Is (Un)Transformative / Joan Nestle 23

Part II Identity

The Writing on the Wall: On Being a Jewish Writer, a Lesbian Writer, and a Jewish Lesbian Writer / Leslea Newman 29

A Gay Orthodox Rabbi / Steve Greenberg 36

Jewish Dyke Baby-Making / Hadar Dubowsky 44

A Young Man from Chelm: Or A Nontraditionally Gendered Hebrew School Teacher Tells All / Jaron Kanegson 55

Queer Naked Seder and Other Newish Jewish Traditions / Jill Nagle 70

Whose Side Are You On?: Transgender at the Western Wall / TJ Michels, Ali Cannon 84

In the Aron Kodesh: Wrestling with the Rabbinic Closet / Anonymous 100

Part III Institutions

Kol Sason v'Kol Simcha, Kol Kalah v'Kol Kalah: Same Gender Weddings and Spiritual Renewal / Jane Rachel Litman 111

Without Standing Down: The First Queer Jewish Street Protest / Jonathan Krasner 119

Out at School: A Queer Jewish Education / David Shneer 135

Breaking Ground: A Traditional Jewish Lesbian Wedding / Inbal Kashtan 148

Remaking Family: Canadian Jews, Sexuality, and Relationships / oscar wolfman 156

Remembering the Stranger: Identity, Community, and Same-sex Marriage / Joanne Cohen 172

Part IV Culture

Lost Jewish (Male) Souls: A Midrash on Angels in America and The Producers / Jyl Lynn Felman 189

Outing the Archives: From the Celluloid Closet to the Isle of Klezbos / Eve Sicular 199

Trembling on the Road: A Simcha Diary / Sandi Simcha Dubowski 215

Israeli Gays and Lesbians Encounter Zionism / Ruti Kadish 224

All Points Bulletin: Jewish Dykes Adopting Children / Marla Brettschneider 238

"Next Year in Freedom!": Taking Our Seder to the Streets / Jo Hirschmann, Elizabeth Wilson 258.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0415931665

0415931673

OCLC:

49403571