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Excerpt: “The Second Circumcision of Lili Rosen”

JL;DR SUMMARY Lili Rosen offers an evocative glimpse into her one-woman show, "The Second Circumcision of Lili Rosen," drawing from her personal experiences of growing up as a closeted transgender girl in the Hasidic community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityTraditionTransgenderCommunityPrayerSpiritualityFaithHasidicGender DysphoriaPerformance

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