Doorposts of Inclusion: Trans Pride Mezuzah as a Marker of Jewish-Queer Space
Material Religion, V-22(1), 59-85. [2025]
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This article explores the Mezuzah - a quintessential symbol of the Jewish home - within a novel context: the "Trans Pride Mezuzah." Ben-Lulu analyzes how designing a Mezuzah in the colors of the Trans Pride flag (blue, pink, and white) transforms it from a strictly Halakhic object into an identit...
Feminist Theologies
Theologies. St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. [2024]
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This entry provides a comprehensive analysis of the major theological trends within Jewish feminisms from the 1970s to the present. Irshai defines theology broadly as the conceptual religious framework through which the Jewish canon is reinterpreted. The article focuses on five key themes: challe...
“Casting Our Sins Away”: A Comparative Analysis of Queer Jewish Communities in Israel and in the US
Religions, V-13(9), 845. [2022]
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This ethnographic study compares the performance of the "Tashlich" ritual in two egalitarian Jewish congregations: a Reform community in Tel Aviv and an LGBTQ synagogue in New York City. The author analyzes how this traditional atonement ritual is reinterpreted to empower gender and sexual identi...