Anthologies featuring Jay Michaelson
Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, David Shneer, Judith Plaskow, Torah Queeries brings together some of the world’s leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a “bent lens”. With commentaries on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and six major Jewish holidays, the concise yet substantive writings collected here open up stimulating new insights and highlight previously neglected perspectives.This incredibly rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary American Judaism. Featuring commentaries by Jay Michaelson.
The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism
Edited by Danya Ruttenberg and released in 2009. Seeking to deepen the Jewish conversation about sexuality, The Passionate Torah brings together brilliant thinkers in an attempt to bridge the gap between the sacred and the sexual. In this unique collection of essays, some of today’s smartest Jewish thinkers explore a broad range of fundamental questions in an effort to balance ancient tradition and modern sexuality. Featuring “On the Religious Significance of Homosexuality, or Queering God, Torah, and Israel” by Jay Michaelson.
Jews and Sex
Edited by Nathan Abrams in 2008, and featuring the essay “Boundaries and the Boundless: Homosexuality as Liminality” by Jay Michaelson
Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age
Edited by Daniel Pinchback and Ken Jordan in 2008. This fresh and thought-provoking anthology draws together some of today’s most celebrated visionaries, thinkers, and pioneers in the field of evolving consciousness— exploring topics from shamanism to urban homesteading, the legacy of Carlos Castaneda to Mayan predictions for the year 2012, and new paths in direct political action and human sexuality. Features the essay “Ayahuasca and Kabbalah” by Jay Michaelson.
Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture
Edited by Christine DiThomas and published in 2008,this timely volume features two visual gallery sections replete with diverse and engaging imagery by over sixty world-class artists. A comprehensive section of writings and transcripts on the notion of end times as well as rapturous themes along with two full-length audio CDs complete the book’s presentation. Delving into the subject matter via visual art, writings, and audio works, Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture explores the dichotomy of its thesis in a streamlined, functional presentation. Featuring the poem “for the apocalypse will be infinitely silent” by Jay Michaelson.
Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice
Edited by Rabbi N. Rose, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, and Margie Klein, and published in 2007 Righteous Indignation gathers the voices of leading progressive Jewish social justice activists for the first time in one groundbreaking volume. Featuring “The Significance of Sex: Social Order & Post-Mythic Religion,” a new essay by Jay Michaelson
Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer
Edited by Angela Brown and published in August, 2004, Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer is the richest and most diverse anthology of Jewish queer writing ever. It contains Jay Michaelson’s groundbreaking essay Daat as well as contributions from over twenty LBGT writers of a wide range of religious, ethnic, and sexual orientations.