Queer Jewish Groups in Europe (1972-1990s) : Archiving Their Histories and Network / Jan Wilkens.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Wilkens, Jan, Author.

Contributor:

Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle Open Access Brandenburg, Funder.

Series:

Europäisch-Jüdische Studien - Beiträge Series

Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge : Herausgegeben vom Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum in Kooperation mit dem Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg , 2192-9602 ; 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish LGBTQ+ people.

Jewish queer people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mnchen ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the 1970s, queer Jews became excited by the developments of the Gay Liberation Movement in both the US and Europe. Until then, they were not able to express their queerness in Jewish communities and hoped for new inclusive spaces. Yet, they quickly realized that the movement was not as welcoming as anticipated. Thus, they started to organize: in February 1972, the world’s first queer Jewish group became publicly visible in London with its symposium "The Jewish Homosexual in Society." The Jewish Gay Group began tackling the exclusion of non-heteronormative Jews in British Jewish and queer communities. Soon after, two more queer Jewish groups formed: Beit Haverim ("House of Friends") in Paris and Sjalhomo (a neologism of "shalom" and "homosexual") in Amsterdam. Besides their goal of emancipation, these groups brought together their members based on shared experiences as both Jewish and queer, opening up much needed spaces for social encounters. The groups also established a Europe-wide support network that enabled international collaboration for more than a decade. This study archives these groups’ histories and that of their network. By doing so, it broadens prevalent narratives of Europe’s post-World War II Jewry and queers the discipline of Jewish History.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Writing Queer Jewish History

3 Jewish and Queer – Contradictory Terms? Jewish Tradition and Modern Responses

4 The Triangle London – Paris – Amsterdam

5 Jewish Gay (and Lesbian) Group (London)

6 Beit Haverim (Paris)

7 Sjalhomo (Amsterdam)

8 Sharing Experiences, Sharing Ideas: A European Network of Queer Jewish Groups

9 Conclusion

10 German Summary – Deutsche Zusammenfassung

11 Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2023.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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ISBN:

9783111478470

3111478475

OCLC:

1515461727