Sappho in the Holy Land lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel (State University of New York Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Knowing lesbians, lesbian knowing: introduction - Chava Frankfort-Nachmias - Erella Shadmi -- - PART I. EXPERIENCE -- - Lesbians in Israel: a legal perspective - Ira Hadar -- - The story of ClaF: the community of lesbian feminists - Haya Shalom -- - To re-construct the community: lesbians on a Kibbutz - Nurit Barkai -- - Emigration: the case of the Israeli lesbian - Chava Frankfort-Nachmias -- - Orthodox lesbians: not a contradiction in terms - Devorah Esther -- - PART II. CULTURE AND IDENTITY -- - Toward a history of gay bars in Israel: a memoir - Amalia Ziv -- - The presentation of self of young Israeli lesbians: a discourse on split identity - Diana Luzzatto -- - Crafting multilayered identities in Israel - Pnina Motzafi-Haller -- - From "sexless in Russia" to "proud Israeli lesbian": immigration stories of coming out - Adi Kuntsman -- - PART III. POLITICS -- - Lesbians in the women's peace movement - Su Schachter -- - Alliance and denial: lesgian protest in women in black - Hannah Safran -- - A rainbow kufiyya - Mickey M. -- - PART IV. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION -- - Israeli lesbians, national identity, and motherhood - Ruti Kadish -- - The construction of lesbianism as nonissue in Israel - Erella Shadmi