Want to learn more?Following is a select list of books and films that provide an inside look at GLBT Jews. The URJ guide "Kulanu" contains a comprehensive bibliography."Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian Or Gay and Jewish" (Beacon Press) edited by Christie Balka and Andy Rose, a collection of essays on Jewish gay and lesbian life. "Kulanu: All of Us: A Program and Resource Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Inclusion" (URJ Press, $15 paperback) edited by Richard F. Address, Joel Kushner and Geoffrey Mitelman. "Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in Judaism" (University of Wisconsin Press, $35 hardcover) by Rabbi Stephen Greenberg, chronicling Greenberg's 10-year struggle to reconcile his homosexuality with Orthodox Judaism. "Dancing on Tisha B'Av" (St. Martin's Griffin, $35 hardcover), a collection of stories by Lev Raphael that deal with the challenges of being gay and Jewish. "Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism" (Seal Press, $16.95 paperback) a collection of essays by young Jewish feminists, edited by Danya Ruttenberg with a foreword by Susannah Heschel, that explore transgender issues. "Trembling before God," film, directed by Sandi Simcha Dubowski, that chronicles Rabbi Steven Greenberg's struggle to reconcile his gay and Jewish identities. "Wrestling with Angels," biographical documentary of playwright Tony Kushner, directed by Freida Lee Mock, dealing with Kushner's sexual orientation, Jewish identity and political activism. |
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