Ari Brostoff Oral History

Ari Brostoff is an author and editor at Jewish Currents magazine. In this interview, they recount reading Jewish historical fiction as a child growing up in California. After attending college on the East Coast, where they spent time engaging with queer theory texts from the 1990s, Ari moved to New York and quickly became embedded in organizing work. They were involved with Beyond the Pale, an anti-Zionist radio program, and, during the pandemic, started working as a tenant organizer. Ari also discusses the shifting landscape of work on the overlap between Judaism and transness, as well as their own experiences with politics and transitioning.

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Identifier: rx913q36x
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Brostoff, Ari
Contributor(s): Silverman, Aviva
Date Created: Jan. 2, 2023
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Beyond the Pale
Jewish Currents
Places: New York > Kings County > Brooklyn
California > Los Angeles > Tarzana
Topic(s): Jewish transgender people
Queer theory
Social advocacy
Transgender authors
Transgender community
Resource Type: Audio
Digital Format: 1:13:18
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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