This is the confusion. Being Jewish. Being a lesbian. Being an American. It all converges. It is like feelings about one's parents. Love and embarrassment. The painful realization that they are not perfect.

— Irena Klepfisz Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes (1990)

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