Explores how gay synagogues have emerged to offer their members spiritual and social outlet since the 1970s. A synagogue in Greenwich Village, New York, is used as a case study to describe the struggle undergone by Jewish homosexuals and the important role that synagogues play in their lives.
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Explores the dramatic true story of how a group of gay and lesbian Jews to confront questions of sexual identity within the traditional religious framrwork of their ancestors, in order to create the world's largest gay congregation, New York's Beth Simchat Torah. -- American Jewish World
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Moshe Shokeid is Professor of Anthropology at Tel Aviv University.
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new siddur, gentile lover, gay synagogue, feminist service, few congregants, male congregants, many congregants, other congregants, synagogue life, other synagogues, service leader, board chair, commitment ceremonies, commitment ceremony, gay society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Religious Committee, New York, Synagogue News, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Holocaust Torah, High Holidays, United States, B'nai Jeshurun, Community Development Committee, Gay Pride Week, Jacob Gubbay, Jewish Week, Simchat Torah, American Jews, Education Committee, Kol Nidre, Los Angeles, Modern Orthodox, New Guinea, Stonewall Bar, American Judaism, Fifth Avenue, Gay Pride Parade, Lecha Dodi New!
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- Rosh Hashanah by Norman Simon on page 11, page 138, and page 156
- Yom Kippur by Norma Simon on page 76, page 138, and page 224
- Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences by Ken Plummer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy by Edward Stein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology by Evelyn T. Beck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Coming Out in Christianity: Religion, Identity, and Community by Melissa M. Wilcox in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna by Matti Bunzl in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions by Dana Evan Kaplan on page 197, and page 206
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