SHOW NOTES: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/pride-month-special-gender-binary-is.html"> https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/pride-month-special-gender-binary-is.html</a>  TRANSCRIPT: <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://otter.ai/u/0xdCC0WUSVL8flI0x3kljyCApps?utm_source%3Dcopy_url&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0SeBHa2D4hijflgRtFkZKd" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://otter.ai/u/0xdCC0WUSVL8flI0x3kljyCApps?utm_source=copy_url</a> I don't normally interview an author about a single chapter of a book, but for my friend Lee Wind, I'm making an exception. He's written a fascinating nonfiction book, The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities Around the World, and Chapter 2 is about "The Six Genders of Classical Judaism." I just had to learn more. We also talked about his two new picture books (both featuring 2-dad families), Like That Eleanor: The Amazing Power of Being an Ally and Banana Menorah. In addition to writing great kids' books about gender, Judaism, and allyship, Lee is literally a champion against censorship. He received the 2025 Industry Champion Award from the Book Industry Study Group for his project called We Are Stronger Than Censorship. Lee tells us more in the interview.  For bonus content (Jewish kidlit news and calls to action), sign up for <a href="https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/" data-original-attrs= "{"data-original-href":"https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/","target":"_blank"}"> The Book of Life Substack Newsletter</a>. LEARN MORE:  <ul data-pm-slice="3 3 []"> <li> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781728414546" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> or <a href= "https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/1322057926" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">borrow</a> The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie </li> <li> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781945369735" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> or <a href= "https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1492212995" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">borrow</a> Like That Eleanor </li> <li> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781681156811" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> or <a href= "https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1490423347" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">borrow</a> Banana Menorah </li> <li> <a href="https://lernerbooks.com/teaching_guides/537" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Teaching guides</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.leewind.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Lee Wind’s website</a> </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/about_stronger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">We Are Stronger Than Censorship</a> project (Lee <a href= "https://www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/about_stronger%20https://www.bisg.org/news/bisg-to-honor-ibpas-lee-wind-as-an-industry-champion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">won an award</a> for it!) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ibpa-online.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Independent Book Publishers Association</a> (Lee’s day job) </li> <li> <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/queer-jewish-kidlit-update.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">My Queer Jewish Kidlit bibliography - updated</a> </li> </ul> CREDITS: <ul> <li>Produced by <a href="https://login.cbiboca.org/fcl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feldman Children's Library</a> at <a href="https://www.cbiboca.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Congregation B'nai Israel</a></li> <li>Co-sponsored by the <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/">Association of Jewish Libraries</a></li> <li>Sister podcast: <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbooks/">Nice Jewish Books</a></li> <li>Theme Music: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2006/01/book-of-life-on-book-awards-january.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band</a></li> <li>Newsletter: <a href= "https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">bookoflifepodcast.substack.com</a></li> <li>Facebook Discussion Group: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishKidlitMavens" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Kidlit Mavens</a></li> <li>Facebook Page: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Support the Podcast: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/p/support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shop or Donate</a></li> </ul> Your feedback is welcome! Please write to <a href= "mailto:bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com">bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com</a> or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.

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