(Ebook) Queer Jews by David Shneer, Caryn Aviv ISBN 9780415931670, 0415931673
Queer Jews describes how queer Jews are changing Jewish American culture, creating communities & making room for themselves, as openly, unapologetically queer & Jewish. Combining political analysis & personal memoir, these essays explore the various ways queer Jews are creating new forms of Jewish communities & institutions, & demanding that Jewish communities become more inclusive.
"Queer Jews welcomes us into the worlds & the lives of Jews who identify as queer: lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender. These 21 essays-by Hebrew school teachers, principals, rabbis, Jews in the pews, & those who define themselves as secular-challenge readers to wrestle not only with sexual diversity, but also with gender identity...The contributors to this bold collection write with clarity, a healthy measure of chutzpah, and hope that their words will establish a permanent place of recognition & honor for the thousands of LGBT & questioning Jews who gather at family & communal tables across our Jewish world." -LILITH
"Shneer & 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 & lesbian Jews delight & challenge. If this book reflects the state of queer thinking in Jewish life, we may indeed count our blessings." -Rebecca Alpert, L
ike Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians & the Transformation of Tradition"A youthful vision of the dynamic intersection of what it means to be Jewish & gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. Bravo/a to the editors for compiling such a wide-ranging spectrum of thinking on the topic." -Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood's Reform Synagogue
"In the best prophetic tradition, Queer Jews pushes the envelope of possibilities for what Jewish community & identity can be." -Rabbi Yoel H. Kahn, scholar-in-residence, Congregation Sherith
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