Literary Festival/GLOE--Keep Your Wives Away From Them
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Reconciling religion with queerness is an enormous challenge—especially when you’re an Orthodox Jew. In this groundbreaking new anthology, Kabakov brings together the first-person accounts of lesbians that speak to an enormous range of experiences, from those posing as straight to maintain marriages with men, to women who are pushing the boundaries of the most liberal of observant Jewish communities. Contributors Goldie Goldbloom and Elaine Chapnik will share personal stories of how their Judaism coexists with life in and out of the closet.
“Moving. Challenging. Frustrating. Exhilarating. Important reading for all, indispensible for some. This book will save lives and heal souls, and it is sure to be banned in some circles because of that.” —Shaul Kelner, assistant professor of sociology and Jewish studies, Vanderbilt University, and author of Tours that Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism “Each powerful essay challenges my preconceptions about the nature of religious lives and communities, about gendered selves, and about the delights and constraints of Orthodox Judaism. Keep Your Wives Away from Them is a complex spirit journey that speaks of the longing for love and the search for comforting and comfortable identities.” —Vanessa L. Ochs, associate professor of religious studies University of Virginia, and author of Inventing Jewish Ritual Presented in partnership with the 16th Street J’s Kurlander Program for Gay & Lesbian Outreach and Engagement (GLOE). This program is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and LGBTQ Resource Center-Georgetown University.
See the full line up at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest.
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