Zohar Weiman-Kelman

Zohar Weiman-Kelman is a scholar of Yiddish literature, an occasional artist and an aspiring activist. Born and raised in West Jerusalem, they currently reside in Tel Aviv, while missing Toronto, New York, Warsaw, and Berlin. Their first book Queer Expectations: a Genealogy of Yiddish Women Poets was published by SUNY Press in 2018.

Queer Transgression & Belonging: Lesbian / Lesbijką / Lezbianke / Mishkev-zokhernitse

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Queer Transgression & Belonging: Lesbian / Lesbijką / Lezbianke / Mishkev-zokhernitse

Written by Zohar Weiman-Kelman, Illustration by Hagra

Finally becoming comfortable saying “I am a lesbian” in Poland, Zohar Weiman-Kelman unpacks layers of meaning in the Yiddish words for queer identity.