'Apples–out, mushrooms–in'; toward a theology of queer advocacy in the American Jewish community

E Ben-Lulu - Practical Theology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In Jewish tradition, two holiday plates, the Passover Seder plate and the Rosh Hashanah
Seder plate, hold profound significance due to their inclusion of simanim (symbolic foods) …

Queer and Trans Studies and the Jewish Question: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

G Drinkwater - A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in …, 2024 - read.dukeupress.edu
Over the past twenty years, Jewish studies scholars have produced an outpouring of work
informed by the insights of queer theory while also creating a small but growing library of …

Are You Our Sisters? Resistance, Belonging, and Recognition in Israeli Reform Jewish Female Converts

E Libel-Hass, E Ben-Lulu - Politics and Religion Journal, 2024 - ceeol.com
The religious conversion process is a significant expression of an individual's intention to
gain a new religious identity and be included in a particular religious community. Those who …

Resonant Relationality: Sonic Explorations of a Berlin Holocaust Memorial

E Bookhalter - 2023 - dspace.library.uvic.ca
This thesis examines how engaging with sound at Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe (MMJE) can be used to broaden discourses of Holocaust commemoration. Situated …