You’re invited to JW3’s Queer Mitzvah Party. A celebration of LGBTQ+ Jewish voices answering the question: if you could give your Bar or Bat Mitzvah speech today, what would you say?
Hear from Dr Libro-Levi Bridgeman, writer, performer and editor of Letter to My Little Queer Self and Florence Schechter, scientist, comedian and director of the world’s first Vagina Museum, as they explore what it mean to come of age.
With thanks to the Jewish LGBT+ Group, the LGBTQ+ Centre and Masorti for supporting this event.
My Queer Mitzvah Party Bios■
Libro Levi Bridgeman
Libro Levi Bridgeman PHD has written for the theatre and BBC Radio 4. Libro Levi co-runs hotpencil press with Serge Nicholson, publications include: There Is No Word For It (2011), The Butch Monologues (2017), and Letter To My Little Queer Self (2021). Libro Levi’s published short stories include Gregory, Letter To My Future Lover and XXX. They teach Creative Writing in Birkbeck University, have taught in 5 UK prisons and are currently working on screenplays.
Florence Schechter
Florence Schechter is a comedian, video producer and a science communicator. With a BSc in Biochemistry, Florence built a science YouTube channel with over one million views and interned at the hit BBC show QI. In 2017, she started the project to build the world's first bricks and mortar museum about the gynaecological anatomy and was Highly Commended in the Women of the Future Awards in the Arts and Culture category for her work with the Vagina Museum.
