Detailed view for the Book: Dancing on Tisha B'av (Collection)

Title:

Dancing on Tisha B'av (Collection)
 

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Genres:

Fiction (General)
Short Stories

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1990-00-00 St. Martin's Press  

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Blurb: 
The 19 short stories in this first collection give the reader a glimpse of what it's like to be gay and Jewish, probing the problems encountered when trying to reconcile seemingly incompatible sensibilities. The author draws interesting parallels between the treatment of Jews in Europe before and during the World War II; several stories include concentration camp survivors parenting gay children, with each generation painfully aware of the discrimination and suffering experienced by the other. The title story begins with a sister admiring her brother's devotion to Orthodoxy, while refusing to confront his homosexuality; it concludes with his expulsion from his religious minyan, the torching of his dorm room by bigots, and her new understanding and sensitivity to another potential holocaust.