Dear Safranim, I am forwarding the following announcement on behalf of Elaine Chapnick.
Sincerely, Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel, MLIS Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212- 642-0141 Email: amanda_sei...@nypl.org Webpage: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division You are cordially invited to a book launch party in celebration of the publication of Keep Your Wives Away From Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, a division of Random House, 2010 . Trade Paperback, 192 pages. Price: $16.95. ISBN: 978-1-55643-879-0 (1-55643-879-6).) http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781556438790&view=email_prep Come celebrate the publication of the book with contributing writers who will read from their stories and essays and sign copies of the book. Co-sponsored by JQYouth, http://www.jqyouth.org/ GLYDSA,http://www.orthogays.org/ and Nehirim, http://www.nehirim.org/ Monday, May 24, 2010 ~ 7:00 PM JCC in Manhattan (Amsterdam & West 76th Street). This is a free event. Come enjoy the wine, refreshments and music. The book was edited by Miryam Kabakov, founder of NY Orthodykes support group. It has the stories of 14 women, once or still Orthodox, and their journeys in the LBTQ world. The book is about reconciling queerness with religion, which has always been an enormous challenge. When the religion is Orthodox Judaism, the task is even more daunting. Keep Your Wives Away From Them takes on that challenge by giving voice to lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jewish women who were once silencedand effectively rendered invisibleby their faith. Keep Your Wives Away from Them tells the story of those who have come out, who are still closeted, living double lives, or struggling to maintain an integrated life in relationship to traditional Judaism personal stories that are both enlightening and edifying. This anthology explores in depth what happens after the struggle, when the real work of building integrated lives begins. You can also follow Keep Your Wives Away From Them on Facebook. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
