1st Edition
Jewish Lesbian Scholarship in a Time of Change
Jewish Lesbian Scholarship in a Time of Change is the first major work in Jewish lesbian studies in more than a decade.
Once a vibrant field, few works in Jewish queer studies in recent years have looked at the experiences of, and scholarship on, Jewish women, feminists, and those identified as lesbians. Correcting a twenty-first century shift away from explicitly feminist investigations in Jewish queer and LBGTQ studies, this work signals a new trend of scholarly works in the field. The chapters span an array of genres, presenting the rich diversity of Jewish lesbians as they are, as well as of Jewish lesbian scholarship today. This collection makes an innovative contribution to Jewish studies, lesbian and queer studies, gender studies, as well as to racial and cultural diversity studies.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Lesbian Studies.
1. Introduction
Marla Brettschneider
2. Legible lesbian lines: The bilingual poetry of Irena Klepfisz
Zohar Weiman-Kelman
3. Portrayals of the internal God among Ashkenazi Jewish Orthodox lesbians in Israel
Graciela Spector-Bitan
4. Holding on to history and each other: The unexpected LGBTQ legacy of a Czech Holocaust survivor and a Torah scroll from her hometown
Sylvia Sukop
5. On my own terms
Carol Conaway
6. Narrow bridges: Jewish lesbian feminism, identity politics, and the “hard ground” of alliance
Brooke Lober
7. Alef and Shem: Original artwork
Sharon Gershoni
8. Wedding the dragon: The powerful feminine as seen in Jewish women’s dreams
Rabbi Jill Hammer
Biography
Marla Brettschneider is prolific and award-winning author and Professor of Political Theory with a joint appointment in Women’s and Genders Studies and Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, USA where she has chaired both of her departments and founded Queer Studies, Social Justice Leadership Studies, and a graduate program in Feminist Studies.
