Davi Cheng

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Davi Cheng is a Hong Kong-born Chinese-American lesbian Jew, artist, and accidental activist. She plays trumpet and French horn in the klezmer band Gay Gezunt and likes to sound the shofar. She is the Past President of Temple Beth Chayim Chadashim in Los Angeles, the world’s first LGBTQI synagogue, founded in 1972. She was the Art Director for Lunar: The Jewish-Asian Film Project and currently works as the Graphic Designer/Webmaster for Be’chol Lashon. Davi lives in Los Angeles with her spouse of 43 years, college sweetheart Bracha Yael.

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Two women on the bima at synagogue

Learning to Find My Own Path, Like My Great-Grandfather and Avraham Before Me

Davi Cheng

When my great-grandfather embarked on his journey, he couldn’t have known he would one day inspire his great-granddaughter to become a Jew.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Davi Cheng." (Viewed on November 5, 2024) <https://jwa.org/blog/author/cheng-davi>.