Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Gay by the Bay, Cel­lu­loid San Fran­cis­co, and co-edi­tor of Iden­ti­ty Envy and Love, Cas­tro Street, worked as a San Fran­cis­co Pub­lic Librar­i­an and Book Group Coor­di­na­tor at the BJE Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Library. His writ­ing has been fea­tured in var­i­ous books, peri­od­i­cals, web­sites, and radio broad­casts. Jim’s grand­fa­ther changed his name after arriv­ing from Rus­sia and hid his Jew­ish iden­ti­ty, a recent­ly revealed secret that he is cur­rent­ly explor­ing in a mem­oir enti­tled My Grandmother’s Suitcase.