Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian, Gay, and JewishContributors include Rebecca T. Alpert, Martha A. Ackelsberg, Linda J. Holtzman, Judith Plaskow, and Evelyn Torton Beck. |
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User Review - bostonian71 - LibraryThingEclectic and informative, if somewhat dated. The essays here tackle various aspects of what it's like to be a gay or lesbian Jew -- or at least, what it used to be like. Aside from the ultra-Orthodox ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Growing Up in YeshivaAdina Abramowitz | 21 |
Hiding Is Unhealthy for the SoulRachel Wahba | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian Or Gay and Jewish Christie Balka,Andy Rose No preview available - 1991 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian, Gay, and Jewish Wilensky-Ritzenhein Gay Book Collection |
| Editors | Christie Balka, Andy Rose |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 22, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0807079081, 9780807079089 |
| Length | 305 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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