Feygeles / פייגעלעס

Feygeles aims to make visible that which has historically been hidden. Handmade contemporary Torah scrolls reveal photographs and interviews with LGBTQIA Jews who have struggled to find ways of integrating their history and family traditions with their sexuality and gender. Feygeles, a Yiddish slur meaning both gay and little bird, expresses both the Queerness of these Jews and their flight.

This project is in honor of Eliyahu Ben Menachem Mendel.