(Ebook) Queer Jews by David Shneer, Caryn Aviv ISBN 9780415931670, 0415931673

(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, Like 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