S J Crasnow
Biographic Data
| ID | 5178268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S J Crasnow |
| GIVEN NAMES | S J |
| FAMILY NAME | Crasnow |
| SIGNATURE | CRASNOW S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rockhurst University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3135-2749 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Responding to Trans Talmud
The Legacy of ‘Gender Ideology’: Anti-Trans Legislation and Conservative Christianity’s Ongoing Influence on U.S. Law
I Want to Look Transgender”: Anti-Assimilation, Gender Self-Determination, and Confronting White Supremacy in the Creation of a Just Judaism
In this article, I consider transgender identity and white Jewish identity to argue that “passing” or normative assimilation is a trap, in that it extends the offer of privilege to individuals who can “successfully” conform within the confines of normativity, while leaving intact, or even reifying, the oppressive systems that are at work. As a corrective to normative assimilation, I consider alternative models for Jewish life offered by nonnormat…
Artifacts from the Future”
What follows is a conversation between artist Nicki Green and scholar S. J. Crasnow. In this conversation they consider two of Green's artworks in relationship to historical and contemporary Jewish practice and especially in relationship to queer and trans Jewish communities. Green's pieces, Incantation Crock and Bedikah Quilt Topper, are themselves trans, Jewish ritual objects, and in this conversation Green and Crasnow investigate the underlyin…
The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. By Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin’s book The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective starts with a refreshing dismissal of the still common assumption that there is some dissonance that must be reconciled for anyone who is both religious and transgender. Instead, Ladin proclaims, “For as long as I can remember, I felt that I was female, and for as long as I can remember, I have sensed God’s presence” (1). Ladin’s comfort and closeness …
On transition: Normative Judaism and trans innovation
In addressing inclusion for trans Jews, clergy and other leaders in mainstream Jewish institutions may consider how trans Jews can fit into existing normative structures of Jewish law, practice, and community. While some trans Jews are interested in this assimilative version of inclusion, others desire Jewish recognition and affirmation of trans identity. Based on ethnographic and interpretive research, this article examines affirming rituals inn…
On transition: Normative Judaism and trans innovation
In addressing inclusion for trans Jews, clergy and other leaders in mainstream Jewish institutions may consider how trans Jews can fit into existing normative structures of Jewish law, practice, and community. While some trans Jews are interested in this assimilative version of inclusion, others desire Jewish recognition and affirmation of trans identity. Based on ethnographic and interpretive research, this article examines affirming rituals inn…
The Legacy of ‘Gender Ideology’: Anti-Trans Legislation and Conservative Christianity’s Ongoing Influence on U.S. Law
I Want to Look Transgender”: Anti-Assimilation, Gender Self-Determination, and Confronting White Supremacy in the Creation of a Just Judaism
In this article, I consider transgender identity and white Jewish identity to argue that “passing” or normative assimilation is a trap, in that it extends the offer of privilege to individuals who can “successfully” conform within the confines of normativity, while leaving intact, or even reifying, the oppressive systems that are at work. As a corrective to normative assimilation, I consider alternative models for Jewish life offered by nonnormat…
On transition: Normative Judaism and trans innovation
In addressing inclusion for trans Jews, clergy and other leaders in mainstream Jewish institutions may consider how trans Jews can fit into existing normative structures of Jewish law, practice, and community. While some trans Jews are interested in this assimilative version of inclusion, others desire Jewish recognition and affirmation of trans identity. Based on ethnographic and interpretive research, this article examines affirming rituals inn…
Artifacts from the Future”
What follows is a conversation between artist Nicki Green and scholar S. J. Crasnow. In this conversation they consider two of Green's artworks in relationship to historical and contemporary Jewish practice and especially in relationship to queer and trans Jewish communities. Green's pieces, Incantation Crock and Bedikah Quilt Topper, are themselves trans, Jewish ritual objects, and in this conversation Green and Crasnow investigate the underlyin…
The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. By Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin’s book The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective starts with a refreshing dismissal of the still common assumption that there is some dissonance that must be reconciled for anyone who is both religious and transgender. Instead, Ladin proclaims, “For as long as I can remember, I felt that I was female, and for as long as I can remember, I have sensed God’s presence” (1). Ladin’s comfort and closeness …
I Want to Look Transgender”: Anti-Assimilation, Gender Self-Determination, and Confronting White Supremacy in the Creation of a Just Judaism
In this article, I consider transgender identity and white Jewish identity to argue that “passing” or normative assimilation is a trap, in that it extends the offer of privilege to individuals who can “successfully” conform within the confines of normativity, while leaving intact, or even reifying, the oppressive systems that are at work. As a corrective to normative assimilation, I consider alternative models for Jewish life offered by nonnormat…
The Legacy of ‘Gender Ideology’: Anti-Trans Legislation and Conservative Christianity’s Ongoing Influence on U.S. Law
Responding to Trans Talmud
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)