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When Life’s a Drag: A Look into the History of Jews & Cross-Dressing

JL;DR SUMMARY The episode explores the relationship between Jews and the cross-dressing traditions, exemplified by Purim celebrations, and how these practices have influenced Jewish identity and broader cultural developments. 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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Tags

Jewish IdentityOrthodox JudaismPurimTheaterGender RolesCross DressingQueer StudiesRitualsCultural ResistanceDrag

Places mentioned

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"This is Golan Moskowitz, a fellow at the University of Michigan's Frankel Center working on a book on Jewish-American drag, as well as a core faculty member in the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, and an assistant professor in the Jewish Studies Department at Tulane University."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"as well as a core faculty member in the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, and an assistant professor in the Jewish Studies Department at Tulane University."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"This is Naomi Seidman, the Jackman Humanities professor at the University of Toronto in the Department for the Study of Religion and the Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies."

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