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Shoshana von Blanckensee (left) and Chloe Sherman at the Dead Sea in Israel in 1999. (Courtesy Chloe Sherman)
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Two Jewish authors look back at the rush of queer girl life in 1990s San Francisco

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

It’s the summer of 1996 and 18-year-old Hannah and her girlfriend Sam have just arrived in the queer promised land of San Francisco. Leaving behind Hannah’s strict Orthodox Jewish mother […]

Rossi now and, on the cover of her memoir, during her time in high school (before being shipped out to Crown Heights). (Photo/She Writes Press)
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‘Hiya Rebbe!’ How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Elana Dykewomon (Photo/Jane Tyska)
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Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 9, 2022August 17, 2022
This 1994 photo, "Kindred Spirits," took on a life of its own in the years after Chloe Sherman took it. (Photo/Chloe Sherman)
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Iconic Jewish lesbian image in new exhibit of ’90s San Francisco photos

by Heather Cassell June 3, 2022June 13, 2022

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