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‘Sex and the City,’ mikvehs and making Judaica for trans Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Nicki Green, a trans artist and professor, is redefining Jewish rituals to be more inclusive of queer, trans individuals. 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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Jewish RitualsTransgenderMikvehCeramicsArtistic ExpressionLgbtq JewsSex And The CityInclusive JudaismNicki GreenQueer Identities

Places mentioned

Long Beach, California, United States
"Green, a visiting professor and artist in residence at California State University, Long Beach."
New York, United States
"Green's work has been exhibited internationally, notably at the New Museum in New York."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute with a thesis show of slip-cast ceramic dildos)."
Berkeley, California, United States
"Green, who earned her MFA from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2018."
Petaluma, California, United States
"After going to the SVARA Queer Talmud Camp outside Petaluma, California, in 2016."
Massachusetts, United States
"San Francisco Arts Commission to research the artistic qualities of the mikveh at the Mayyim Hayyim center near Boston."
Paris, France
"Notably at the New Museum in New York, Muse dArt Moderne in Paris."

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