A Gay Jewish Readg List – The Forward

Contents:

• A GAY JEWISH READG LIST
• MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

A GAY JEWISH READG LIST

When I was first g out 25 years ago, there were prec few books about beg gay and Jewish. But will anyone who isn’t gay read them? Conventnal wisdom the publishg dtry says that non-gay people won’t read books wh gay them — wh the notable exceptn of works by humorists, such as David Sedaris or Augten Burroughs, who play their liv for lghs.

MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA

Straight people n’t relate serly to gay life, the thkg go; they don’t know om such thgs, and they don’t want to know. Even if there’s a kernel of tth that notn — and I fear, sadly, that there often is — straight Jewish rears particular should be able to bridge this culture gap by choosg Jewish gay books: While some of the gay ntent might be unfaiar, at least the Jewish ntent will provi a pot of intifitn.

If you’ve never read a book wh gay characters and them, I hope this’ll be your first.

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of books on gay Jewish subjects. At the risk of leavg out many books and thors whose work is worth your time, here’s a brief list of GLBT books that non-gay Jewish rears will relate to.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

If you’ve got a particular area of Jewish tert, there’s probably a gay-themed book that’s right for you. If you enjoy readg about Israel, check out “Between Sodom and En, ” by Lee Walzer, about the (mostly posive) suatn for gay Israelis. If you’re drawn to Holot tal, read Gad Beck’s “An Unrground Life, ” the te (and tly amazg) story of a gay Jew who survived the Holot hidg Berl.

Gay? “Sweet Like Sugar” isn’t the only novel about gay and Jewish subjects.