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• Indecent

  a Play

  Vogel, Paula

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  The script of INDECENT, for your reading pleasure.

• The God of Vengeance

  Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957

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  Read the play that started it all. Sholem Asch’s 1906 drama about an Orthodox Jewish rabbi whose daughter falls in love with a prostitute in the brothel he owns caused a major scandal when it opened on Broadway in 1923.

• Inseparable

  Desire Between Women in Literature

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  God of Vengeance is notable for its early sympathetic depiction of a romance between two women. Learn more about the evolving portrayals of same-sex female desire in Donoghue’s provocative survey of Western literature.

• Girl Unwrapped

  Goliger, Gabriella, 1949-

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  In this powerful coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal, a Jewish girl living under the stifling expectations of her Holocaust-survivor parents realizes she is a lesbian.

• ha-Sodot

  The secrets

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  After her mother dies, Naomi, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, entreats her father to postpone her expected marriage so she can attend a women’s religious seminary, where she develops a close friendship with Michelle, a headstrong and rebellious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 2.5 Minute Ride

  And, 101 Humiliating Stories

  Kron, Lisa

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  The work of Jewish lesbian playwright Kron explores her personal and family history with candor, humor and insight. Discover her unique voice in this collection of two of her most intimate solo performance works.

• Unclean Lips

  Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture

  Lambert, Joshua N.

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  INDECENT was originally inspired by 1923 obscenity trial of God of Vengeance in New York. Professor Lambert locates this controversy within a broader analysis of Jews and the history of obscenity in America.

• God of Vengeance

  Margulies, Donald

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  Margulies’ adaptation of Asch’s play changes the time and setting of the original, from 1906 Poland to the Lower East Side of New York City in 1923.

• Murder Under the Fig Tree

  a Palestine Mystery

  Raphael, Kate Jessica

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  In the second installment of Raphael’s Palestine Mysteries series, a Palestinian policewoman and a Jewish American lesbian feminist team up to solve the murder of a gay Palestinian.

• Fingersmith

  Waters, Sarah, 1966-

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  Like God of Vengeance, Fingersmith depicts an unlikely romance between two women from utterly different worlds. Street urchin and thief Sue Trinder participates in a con to steal the fortune of Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman that Sue unexpectedly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yiddishkeit

  Jewish Vernacular & the New Land

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  This comics anthology explores the history of the Yiddish language and its enduring influence through four themes--culture, performance, assimilation, and the revival of the language.

• Yiśmaḥ ḥatani

  The women's balcony

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  An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.

• Seattle Rep's INDECENT website

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  A powerful drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, INDECENT charts the true story of a controversial 1906 play, Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance. Following its recent success on Broadway, this critically acclaimed Tony Award-winning…Read moreRead more of this annotation