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The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews.
Contents |
[edit] Politicians
- Roberta Achtenberg, former HUD assistant secretary[1]
- Barney Frank, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives [2]
- Mark Leno, California State Assemblymember[3]
- Peter Mandelson European Commissioner for Trade, former British cabinet member.[4]
- Carole Migden, California State Senator[5]
- Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor [6]
- Golan Cipel, former New Jersey governor James McGreevey's advisor and alleged gay partner.
[edit] Religious figures
See also: List of LGBT Rabbis
- Rabbi Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster[7]
- Rabbi Steven Greenberg[8]
- Rabbi Greg Kantor[3], Lives in southern Florida.
- Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum[4], Senior Rabbi of New York City's Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (CBST) since 1992.
- Rabbi Toba Spitzer, first openly lesbian or gay person to head a rabbinical assembly
[edit] Academics
- Allan Bloom, philosopher[9]
- Judith Butler, philosopher[10]
- Martin Duberman, historian[11]
- Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and activist[12]
- Fritz Klein, psychiatrist and sexologist[13]
- George Mosse, historian[14]
- Randi Weingarten, New York City teacher and labor union leader[15]
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher[16]
[edit] Show business
- Chantal Akerman, film director[17]
- Simon Amstell, comedian and television presenter[18]
- Michael Bennett, choreographer and musical theatre director[19][20]
- Sandra Bernhard (b. 1955) actress and comedian[21]
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) world-famous stage actress[22]
- Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word[23]
- Allan Corduner, actor[24]
- George Cukor, film director[25]
- Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright[26]
- Eytan Fox, film director[27]
- Stephen Fry, actor, comedian and writer[28]
- Sara Gilbert, actress
- Judy Gold (b. 1962) stand-up comedian and actress[29]
- Todd Haynes, film director[30][31]
- Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)[32][33]
- Nicholas Hytner, theatre and film director[34]
- Danny Kaye, actor and comedian[35][36]
- Mia Kirshner, actress, The L Word [37]
- Stuart Krasnow, reality television producer [38]
- Matt Lucas, comedian (Little Britain)[39]
- Inge Meysel, actress (Jewish father)[40][41]
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer and musical theatre director[42]
- John Schlesinger, film director[43]
- Adam Shankman, film director[44]
- Anthony Sher, actor[45]
- Bryan Singer, film director[46]
- Mauritz Stiller, film director[47]
- Kim Stolz, Model, competed in 5th cycle of America's Next Top Model, MTVVJ
- Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer and actor[48]
[edit] Musicians
- Howard Ashman, musical writer[49]
- Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters[50]
- Frieda Belinfante, conductor (Jewish father)[51]
- Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[52]
- Marc Blitzstein, composer[53]
- Aaron Copland, composer[54]
- Vaginal Davis, performance artist (Jewish father)[55]
- Alix Dobkin, singer
- Fred Ebb, musical theatre lyricist[56]
- Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist[57] [58]
- William Finn, musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist[59]
- Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney guitarist [60]
- Ari Gold, pop singer[61]
- Lesley Gore, pop singer[62]
- Lorenz Hart, lyricist[63]
- Jerry Herman, musical theatre composer and lyricist [64]
- Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist[65]
- Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist
- Mara Levi, Smart Pop singer-songwriter, Composer[66][67]
- David Mesirow (1984 - ) pop and jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist[68]
- Jon Moss, drummer, member of Culture Club and The Damned[69]
- Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter[70][71]
- Peaches, musician[72]
- Phranc, singer-songwriter[73]
- Lou Reed, rock musician[74]
- Marc Shaiman, musical theatre and film composer[75] [76]
- Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre composer and lyricist[77] [78]
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, composer, and pianist.[79]
[edit] Writers
- Jon Robin Baitz, playwright and screenwriter[80]
- Steve Berman, speculative fiction writer[81]
- Jane Bowles, novelist and playwright[82]
- Susie Bright (1958 – ) American writer and broadcaster[83]
- Bryher, novelist (probably Jewish father)[84]
- Charles Busch, playwright[85]
- Alfred Chester, novelist[86]
- Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media (Jewish mother)[87]
- Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer
- Lillian Faderman, memoirist and gay/lesbian historian
- György Faludy, poet[88][89]
- Hubert Fichte, writer (Jewish father)[90]
- Edward Field, poet[91]
- Sanford Friedman, novelist[92]
- Allen Ginsberg, poet[93]
- Richard Greenberg, playwright[94]
- Jacob Israël de Haan, poet[95]
- Marilyn Hacker, poet[96]
- William Hoffman, playwright[97]
- Max Jacob, poet[98]
- Chester Kallman, poet and librettist[99]
- Moisés Kaufman, playwright and theatre director, co-wrote The Laramie Project[100]
- Larry Kramer, novelist, playwright and activist[101]
- Tony Kushner - playwright and screenwriter (Angels in America and the 2006 Steven Spielberg movie Munich)
- Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist[102]
- David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer[103]
- Amy Levy, writer
- Christopher Lisett novelist & poet
- Michael Lowenthal, novelist[104]
- David Mesirow (1984 - ) American poet and writer[105]
- Joan Nestle, lesbian/gay historian
- Harold Norse, poet[106]
- Marcel Proust, novelist[107]
- David Rakoff, essayist[108]
- Adrienne Rich, poet
- Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist[109]
- Joanna Russ, novelist, essayist and short story writer
- Umberto Saba, poet and novelist[110]
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet (Jewish father)[111]
- Martin Sherman, playwright[112]
- Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist[113] [114]
- Gertrude Stein, writer[115]
- Julian Stryjkowski, novelist[116]
- Harold Test novelist
- Rebecca Walker, writer and feminist (Jewish father)
[edit] Artists
- Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer[117]
- Nan Goldin, photographer[118][119]
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer[120]
- Michael Kors, fashion designer (Jewish mother)
- Annie Leibovitz, photographer[121][122]
- Herbert List, photographer[123]
- David Mesirow (1984 - ) American painter and photographer[124]
- Isaac Mizrahi (1961 - ) American fashion designer[125]
- Zac Posen, American fashion designer
- Simeon Solomon, painter[126]
[edit] Sports figures
- Robert Dover, 6-time Olympic equestrianist[127]
- Renée Richards, tennis player[128]
- Jack Waters, horse trainer
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Gad Beck, Holocaust survivor and memoirist[129]
- Roy Cohn, lawyer and co-counsel--along with Robert F. Kennedy--to Sen. Joseph McCarthy[130]
- Barry Diller, media executive[131] [132]
- Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles[133]
- David Geffen, film producer and record executive[134]
- Sandy Gallin, manager, talent agent and producer[135][136]
- Leopold and Loeb, murderers[137]
- Micahel Lucas, gay porn star[138]
- Richard Quine, television journalist[139]
- Bryan Whitley-Grassi, MA, journalist, executive director, and gay rights activist[140]
[edit] Related figures
Persons of debated sexual orientation:
- Anna Freud, psychoanalyst[141]
- Moss Hart, playwright and theatre director[142]
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer[143]
Straight contributors to LGBT culture:
- Leo Abse, British MP (gay rights campaigner)
- Bella Abzug, congresswoman (gay rights campaigner)
- Jonathan Ames, author (explores blurred boundaries in human sexuality)
- Eduard Bernstein, founder of evolutionary socialism (challenged anti-gay prejudice)
- Stanley Biber, pioneer in sex reassignment surgery
- Michael Chabon, pulitzer prize winning author, frequently writes about LGBT topics
- Hélène Cixous, feminist philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam (officiated first same-sex weddings)
- Irwin Cotler, Canadian Justice minister (introduced Bill C-38)
- Billy Crystal, actor (played Jodie Dallas in Soap)
- Yael Dayan, Israeli MK (gay rights campaigner)
- Jacques Derrida, philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Michael Gottlieb & Joel Weisman, doctors (early identifiers of AIDS)
- Senna Hoy, anarchist (gay rights activist)
- Jonathan Larson, creator of the Broadway musical Rent
- Judith Light, actress (gay rights advocate)
- Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (influence on sexual liberation theories)
- Judd Marmor, psychiatrist (successfully campaigned to remove homosexuality from the DSM)
- Kazimiera Szczuka, feminist critic (gay rights campaigner) (Jewish mother)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, queer theorist
- George Weinberg, psychologist (coined the word homophobia)
[edit] Fictional characters
- See also: List of fictitious Jews
[edit] See also
- Keshet Rabbis
- Homosexuality and Judaism
- List of bisexual people
- List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- List of transgendered people
- Timeline of LGBT history
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Roberta Achtenberg at glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ To Be Frank - The Boston Globe
- ^ Supervisor Mark Leno Hangs on to Nice Guy Image
- ^ Article about Peter Mandelson.
- ^ j. - Migden brings double minority perspective to state Assembly
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Milk, Harvey
- ^ Blue, Lionel, Hitchhiking to Heaven – Autobiography (Hodder & Stoughton General, 2004).
- ^ Wrestling with Steven Greenberg - an interview with Steven Greenberg by Jay Michaelson.
- ^ Patner, Andrew (April 16, 2000), Allan Bloom, warts and all, Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
- ^ Interview with Judith Butler(english) by Regina Michalik
- ^ Wisconsin Press, Synopsis of Midlife Queer Autobiography of a Decade, 1971–1981. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ j. - Life of gay German Jewish sexologist honored in S.F
- ^ Fritz Klein | Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited
- ^ Jeet Heer, "George Mosse and the Academic Closet"
- ^ Sewell Chan, "Teachers’ Union Chief Discusses Gay Identity," New York Times, October 12, 2007.
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- ^ Morris, Gary (August 2002), Rare Docs on French Filmmakers, Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (August 2, 2006), 'I always want the funny line' , The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ "And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going…" | Arts & Entertainment | Advocate.com
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Bennett, Michael
- ^ Bernhard - [1] "Bernhard is Jewish too, I fear, and a 21st-century vulgarian"
- ^ Bernhardt - [2] "Bernhardt was a 19th century Jewish actress"
- ^ Strohm, Deidre (January 22, 2004), A CONVERSATION WITH ILENE CHAIKEN, Power-up.net. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ His Topsy-Turvy life - actor Allan Corduner - Brief Article - Interview | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ The Man in The Glass Closet - New York Times
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ Live from the Washington Jewish Film Festival - It's the WJFFblog: Sharing Vision, Life, Work - and Clothes: An Interview with Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Fry, Stephen
- ^ Swartz, Shauna (2006-11-21). Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold. AfterEllen.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
- ^ JewishJournal.com
- ^ Gold miner: filmmaker Todd Haynes talks about his fab new glam-rock epic - 'Velvet Goldmine' - Interview | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ j. - celebrity jews in the news
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Hunter, Tab
- ^ Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Making 'History' with Nicholas Hytner :: Cinema with a theatrical pedigree
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Stage Actors and Actresses
- ^ Professor Joseph Dorinson
- ^ [www.thelwordonline.com/Mia_NYTarticle.shtml
- ^ Stuart Krasnow's MySpace.
- ^ Who would be surprised to learn that Matt Lucas is gay? | Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Hintergründe - Gesellschaft - FAZ.NET - Nachruf auf Inge Meysel: Sie hat uns erzogen
- ^ Hintergründe - Gesellschaft - FAZ.NET - Meysel-Zitate: „Ich war bisexuell, ich, die Mutter der Nation“
- ^ Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins By Amanda Vaill - Books - Review - New York Times
- ^ Film Review - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- ^ Master of the house: The Wedding Planner's Adam Shankman lucked into his first movie job. Now he's directing Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House - film - Interview | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ The Big Interview: Sir Antony Sher | Official London Theatre Guide
- ^ BBC - Films - interview - Bryan Singer
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Stiller, Mauritz
- ^ http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9803EED6103BF935A25756C0A9669C8B63http://www.glbtq.com/literature/mann_k.html
- ^ Howard Ashman on Glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Maclean, Gareth (September 25, 2004), Sisters under the skin, The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Synopsis of autobiographical But I was a Girl. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Bernstein, Leonard
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Blitzstein, Marc
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Copland, Aaron
- ^ José Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999) ISBN 0-8166-3015-1
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Kander, John and Fred Ebb
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Feinstein, Michael
- ^ Michael Feinstein
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Finn, William
- ^ 'Queer' no longer stings; it rocks
- ^ Welcome to the World Congress of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Jewish Organizations
- ^ San Francisco Bay Times
- ^ Bright Lights Film Journal | Words and Music
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Herman, Jerry
- ^ Books of The Times; A Life of Horowitz, Who Molded the Music He Played - New York Times
- ^ Musician Information
- ^ Top 12 DIY Songwriters| Performing Songwriter |
- ^ MySpace.com - Doug Mezz - Chicago, Florida - Rock / Expérimentale / Jazz - www.myspace.com/dougmezz
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Boy George (George O'Dowd)
- ^ Salon | R.I.P. Laura Nyro
- ^ Laura's legacy: why do gays still love Laura Nyro? Michele Kort, author of the new Nyro biography Soul Picnic, explains the pioneering bisexual singer-songwriter's allure - music - Brief Article | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ A decidedly fruity lady | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Salon Mothers Who Think | What is a Jewish lesbian punk folk singer to do?
- ^ Lou Reed: the life of a rocker who knows all the hard places - excerpt from 'Transformer: The Lou Reed Story' | Interview | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ firstamendmentcenter.org: About
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Shaiman, Marc , and Scott Wittman
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Sondheim, Stephen
- ^ Stephen Sondheim
- ^ Morley Safer (5 February 2006). The Passion Of Michael Tilson Thomas. CBS News. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
- ^ Mackie, Drew (September 25, 2006), Jon Robin Baitz: Not Your Usual TV Writer, Afterelton.com. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
- ^ Official site biography. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
- ^ A LITERARY CULT FIGURE - New York Times
- ^ Talbot, David (March 1997), Sex is an urgent message, Salon.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Benstock, Shari (1986). Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900–1940. Texas: University of Texas Press, 312. ISBN 0-292-79040-6.
- ^ Profile at About.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/chester.html
- ^ Levy, Stephen (June 2004), How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?, Wired.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ The New Anatolian
- ^ Gyorgy Faludy: the passions of Hungary's controversial poet | Contemporary Review | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Fichte, Hubert
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Field, Edward
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ Allen Ginsberg: An interview by Gary Pacernick | American Poetry Review, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ All About Jewish Theatre - The games people play : 'Take Me Out' wonders what the world of sports would do with a gay superstar
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Dutch and Flemish Literature
- ^ VQR » The Mimesis of Thought: On Adrienne Rich's Poetry
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ Bad Boy Of The School Of Paris - TIME
- ^ Show An Event
- ^ Oscar in America - Moises Kaufman, writer-director of 'Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde' - Brief Article - Interview | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ A legend looks back - Washington Blade
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Leavitt, David
- ^ j. - Novelist examines converging worlds of Jews and gays
- ^ MySpace.com - Doug Mezz - Chicago, Florida - Rock / Expérimentale / Jazz - www.myspace.com/dougmezz
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Norse, Harold
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Proust, Marcel
- ^ Salon.com People | David Rakoff
- ^ Paul Rudnick's "Great" Take on Jacqueline Susann
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Saba, Umberto
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Sassoon, Siegfried
- ^ Sherman's Rose blooms. - Brief Article - Review - theater review | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Sontag, Susan
- ^ Nextbook: The Farewell Party
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Stein, Gertrude
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Polish Literature
- ^ Louise Downie: Don't Kiss Me: The Art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: London: Aperture: 2006: ISBN 1-85437-679-9
- ^ National Foundation for Jewish Culture
- ^ change more w ok magazine at chillmag.com
- ^ BUTT - this page has moved
- ^ National Foundation for Jewish Culture
- ^ What's in a word? Annie Leibovitz has a new book and a new exhibit of photography chronicling the intimate moments of her life, including a 15-year relationship with her "friend" Susan Sontag | Advocate, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> List, Herbert
- ^ MySpace.com - Doug Mezz - Chicago, Florida - Rock / Expérimentale / Jazz - www.myspace.com/dougmezz
- ^ Hartog, Kelly. "Red carpet rascal", The Jerusalem Post, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Solomon, Simeon
- ^ Zeffer, Andy (July 9, 2004), Trotting Down a Different Path, Expressgaynews.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ NPR: 'The Second Half of My Life'
- ^ Gad Beck
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Cohn, Roy
- ^ Inside Out
- ^ The Barry Diller Story, The Life and Times of America's Greatest Entertainment Mogul. | Construction > Residential Construction from AllBusiness.com
- ^ Beatles Manager Subject of Film : Rolling Stone
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Geffen, David
- ^ Art & Understanding
- ^ j. - Jackson's move to rewrite song pleases Jewish groups, others
- ^ village voice > theater > Stephen Dolginoff's Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story by Michael Feingold
- ^ Leslie Bunder, "Entertaining Gay Israeli Troops: Gay Jewish Porn Star to Visit Israel to Show Solidarity With Country, Perform for Gay Community," Israel Jewish Scene, August 19, 2006; Corey Taylor, Naked: The Life and Pornography of Michael Lucas, Kensington Books, 2007; ISBN 9780758217509.
- ^ Look east | Media | The Guardian
- ^ http://www.pridecenternwy.org
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Freud, Anna
- ^ Illinois Wesleyan: News
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Klein, Calvin
