S.F. Chanukah drive Straight outta Coney Island, the bearded lady is heading to San Francisco to light up the blow-out Chanukah dance and performance rave billed as Challahpalooza at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. The bearded lady is Jennifer Miller, a Jew raised by Quaker parents who also runs Circus Amok a gay-lesbian guerrilla theater. Miller, recently profiled in the New York Times, is an actual Coney Island sideshow performer who uses her spectacular physical presence to bend traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
Jewish identity is a constant question, a process in the making.
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