establish a permanent place of recognition and honor for the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning Jews who gather at family and communal tables across our Jewish world." --
LILITH"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." -- Danya Ruttenberg, editor of
Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism"Shneer 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." -- Rebecca Alpert, author of
Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition"A youthful vision of the dynamic intersection of what it means to be Jewish and 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
"Fresh, original, and provocative essays will challenge readers of
Queer Jews to think more deeply about being Jewish, gendered, and sexed. A rare book, with new and exciting ideas." -- Susannah Heschel, co-editor of
On Being a Jewish Feminist"In the best prophetic tradition,
Queer Jews pushes the envelope of possibilities for what Jewish community and identity can be." -- Rabbi Yoel H. Kahn, scholar-in-residence, Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco
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Queer Jews is a fun book which delicately balances politics and humor, GBLT and Jewish identity and humanity with spirituality...[The authors'] voices, and the stories they told, made me laugh, made me cry, and made me think. Don't forget to buy a few copies for your parents, rabbis, friends and lovers." -- The Empty Closet
"The book should appeal to a wide readership. The first-person story of Steve Greenberg, an openly gay Orthodox rabbi, is as inspiring as the confession-style tribulations of anonymous, closeted rabbinical students are painful. Eve Sicular plumbs the academic depths of Yiddish cinema, finding queer contexts from the 1930's in films like
Yidl Mitn Fidl. Meanwhile Sandi Simcha Dubowski's free-form diary charts the progress of his truly ground-breaking film,
Trembling Before G-d, as he took it to film festivals across the globe, offering proof that there are queers who are also quite frum (religiously observant) despite the real threat of excommunications from their congregations." -- Gay City News
"The collection has taken important strides in redefining the boundaries of Jewish America, as well as the Queer community, by insisting that the voices of Queer Jews be heard--and accounted for." -- Gender Agenda
