Orthodox

Leaving My Ultra-Orthodox Home and Finding My Trans Self: Part Two

 Abby Stein grew up in an insular, Hasidic community in Brooklyn. When she realized she wanted a different kind of ...

Leaving My Ultra-Orthodox Home and Finding My Trans Self: Part One

Abby Stein grew up in an insular, Hasidic community in Brooklyn. When she realized she wanted a different kind of ...

An Israeli Orthodox Feminist Visits JOFA

When I was 17, as part of my high school matriculation requirements, I wrote a paper  on the subject of ...

Queer-Identified, Frum-Identified Jew in a Complicated Relationship with Orthodoxy

This morning The Torch,  a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...

Supporting My Gay Son

This morning The Torch,  a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...

Will There Be One Jewish People?

I have been thinking a lot again recently about the correspondence between one of the great Orthodox luminaries of the ...

An Orthodox Mother’s Response to Homophobia in Her Community

Last month, an article entitled to Warning: Hollywood’s Coming For Your Home and Children! by Robert C. Avrech appeared in the Jewish ...

Freundel: Not Just an Orthodox Problem

Much has been written about the impact of Rabbi Barry Freundel on the Orthodox world. In a community that sees ...

The Destiny of the American Jewish Community: Assimilation or Isolation?

In the great story of humanity there has always been the forces that compel us to assimilate amongst each other ...

The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew

Keshet is thrilled to have the inside scoop on the recently published  The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew. Eli ...