Melanie Weiss


Articles by Melanie Weiss

Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Steve Greenberg

As someone who is involved in Jewish LGBT work, I am often surprised people tell me that they had no ...

A Report from the Field: Keshet at the Hillel Institute

  Hillel International is the largest Jewish group for college students, with campus presence at over 550 schools in the ...

Jewish, LGBT And Looking For…: Your One-Stop Shop for Jewish Institutions

Looking for a day school that offers materials listing “Parent 1/Parent 2” instead of “Mother/Father”?Want to find a synagogue that ...

Joy Ladin’s Door of Life

Talking to Joy Ladin is like speaking with your favorite professor from college — the one who wove words in ...

Say Hello to “Bye June”

It’s not a stretch to call it an Internet sensation — a gorgeous music video about two (same-sex) swans who ...

A Voice in the Desert: An Interview with Linda Sue Friedman

This summer, Chaplain Linda Sue Friedman was installed as President of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico — the first ...

Harvey Milk Hits (Off) Broadway: A Q&A with Lesléa Newman

A retired kosher butcher, his young lesbian writing teacher, and a letter from the heart: Lesléa Newman’s short story, “A ...

Documenting Queer Jews: An Interview with Caryn Aviv

In June 2002, Queer Jews came out in a big way. A collection of essays, memoirs and cultural analysis co-edited ...

Rabbis Speak Out for Equality

On July 1st, Massachusetts moved one step closer to living up to its reputation as the birthplace of democracy – ...