David Shneer is Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Denver and former Director of Education at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco.

Caryn Aviv is a sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who currently directs the Program for Collaborative Care at the UCSF Breast Care Center.

Part 1 MIXED BLESSINGS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: HEEDING ISAIAH'S CALL, David Shneer, Caryn Aviv; Chapter 2 CREATING OUR HISTORIES: A LOOK BACK AT TWICE BLESSED, Avi Rose, Christie Balka; Chapter 3 HOW A LIBERATIONIST FEM UNDERSTANDS BEING A QUEER JEW, OR HOW TAKING ADVICE FROM A PROPHET, EVEN A JEWISH ONE, IS (UN)TRANSFORMATIVE, Joan Nestle; Part 2 IDENTITY; Chapter 4 THE WRITING ON THE WALL: ON BEING A JEWISH WRITER, A LESBIAN WRITER, AND A JEWISH LESBIAN WRITER, Lesléa Newman; Chapter 5 A GAY ORTHODOX RABBI, Steve Greenberg; Chapter 6 JEWISH DYKE BABY-MAKING, Hadar Dubowsky; Chapter 7 A YOUNG MAN FROM CHELM: OR A NONTRADITIONALLY CENDERED HEBREW SCHOOL TEACHER TELLS ALL, Jaron Kanegson; Chapter 8 QUEER NAKED SEDER: AND OTHER NEWISH JEWISH TRADITIONS, Jill Nagle; Chapter 9 WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?: TRANSGENDER AT THE WESTERN WALL, TJ Michels, Ali Cannon; Chapter 10 IN THE ARON KODESH: WRESTLING WITH THE RABBINIC CLOSET, Anonymous; Part 3 INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 11 KOL SASON V'KOL SIMCHA, KOL KALAH V'KOL KALAH: SAME GENDER WEDDINGS AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL, Jane Rachel Litman; Chapter 12 WITHOUT STANDING DOWN: THE FIRST QUEER JEWISH STREET PROTEST, Jonathan Krasner; Chapter 13 OUT AT SCHOOL: A QUEER JEWISH EDUCATION, David Shneer; Chapter 14 BREAKING GROUND: A TRADITIONAI JEWISH LESBIAN WEDDING, Inbal Kashtan; Chapter 15 REMARKING FAMILY: CANADIAN JEWS, SEXUALITY, AND RELATIONSHIPS, oscar wolfman; Chapter 16 REMEMBERING THE STRANGER: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY, AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, Joanne Cohen; Part 4 CULTURE; Chapter 17 LOST JEWISH (MALE) SOULS: A MIDRASH ON ANCELS IN AMERICA AND THE PRODUCERS, Jyl Lynn Felman; Chapter 18 OUTING THE ARCHIVES: FROM THE CELLULOID CLOSET TO THE ISLE OF KLEZBOS, Eve Sicular; Chapter 19 TREMBLING ON THE ROAD: A SIMCHA DIARY, Sandi Simcha Dubowski; Chapter 20 ISRAELI GAYS AND LESBIANS ENCOUNTER ZIONISM, Ruti Kadish; Chapter 21 ALL POINTS BULLETIN: JEWISH DYKES ADOPTING CHILDREN, Marla Brettschneider; Chapter 22 NEXT YEAR IN FREEDOM!: TAKING OUR SEDER TO THE STREETS, Jo Hirschmann, Elizabeth Wilson;