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She tracks down the target&#8217;s current descendant: Rainbow Rosenbloom, a fiercely political, lesbian taxi driver and film critic. 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It is an explicit work of lesbian fiction that subverts traditional Jewish folklore to explore themes of queer identity, assimilation, and institutional religion. 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