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Paper
Abstract
As Jewish science fiction expands into twenty-first-century questions of identity, some authors explore the trans experience and build bridges towards intersectionality. Ritual and tradition become popular subjects. In the post-apocalyptic Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud by Andrew Ramer, diverse rabbis create new prayers and practices. A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys offers protagonists from a diverse commune who welcome aliens and rise up against the corporations. Bogi Takács’ short story “Three Partitions” questions where to segregate the shapeshifting Adira, and how the Orthodox space colony can change. Several of these stories ask how comfortable Jewish protagonists are with alien rituals and explore incorporating or blending them for a truly universal experience, modeling how we can do the same. All offer thought-provoking worldbuilding and eco-punk as they consider new practices for a more inclusive twenty-first century religion.
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Frankel, Valerie Estelle
(2024)
"Trans Inequity, Intersectional Ritual, and Jewish Tikkun Olam (Healing of the World),"
Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings: Vol. 2024:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/vol2024/iss1/8
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