Mourning and Celebration
Subtitle: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past & Present
Contributors: Foreword by Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Publisher: Transcréation
Published: September 2009
Place of publication: Montreal, QC, CANADA
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Jewish, gay history
Genres: Novel
First sentence: "Hey, Lady, catch this one!" The fair-haired boy stood arrogantly with two leering schoolmates.
Description: The story of a gay, Orthodox Jew born in the town of the author's grandfather in Poland in the 1840s and how he survives in that closed society. The tale is punctuated by conversations with the author comparing life as a gay, Orthodox Jew at that time with life as it is today. The narrative is very visual, and since the hero is a talented violinist, music permeates the telling.
Notes: To date, everyone who has read this book, without exception, has enjoyed it (see the testimonials at the beginning of the book).
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