{"id":1029,"date":"2012-09-01T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2013-03-01T17:57:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:57:49","slug":"jewish-gentle-and-other-stories-of-gay-jewish-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/jewish-gentle-and-other-stories-of-gay-jewish-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Gentle: And Other Stories of Gay-Jewish Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1030\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" alt=\"cover of Jewish Gentle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture11.png\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/759491759\">Jaffe, Daniel M. Jewish Gentle: And Other Stories of Gay-Jewish Living.\u00a0Lethe Press, 2011.\u00a0Paperback. 247p. $15. 978-1-59021-187-8.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This collection of 24 short stories, 18 of them previously published, explore aspects of both gay-Jewish life and gay life in general.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing issues such as coming out to one\u2019s self and family, tradition and faith, child abuse, teenage sexual identity angst, dating and relationships, HIV\/AIDS, parenting, and old age, the tales of love, yearning, desire, confusion, loss, and finding oneself are heartwarming and heartbreaking. They all draw readers into situations anyone might encounter.\u00a0 In one story, a respected spiritual leader takes advantage of a young boy, and community ostracizes the boy\u2019s family rather than supporting them. In another, one of a newly-wed couple explains he identifies as trans. Jaffe\u2019s intimate stories show his sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>Erotic stories may call for the book\u2019s placement in the adult section while a savvy librarian might recommend the collection to some teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer: <strong>s.n.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaffe, Daniel M. Jewish Gentle: And Other Stories of Gay-Jewish Living.\u00a0Lethe Press, 2011.\u00a0Paperback. 247p. $15. 978-1-59021-187-8. &nbsp; This collection of 24 short stories, 18 of them previously published, explore aspects of both gay-Jewish life and gay life in general. Addressing issues such as coming out to one\u2019s self and family, tradition and faith, child abuse, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}