Keshet
Keshet is a national organization that works for LGBTQ equality in Jewish life. The organization equips Jewish leaders with tools to build LGBTQ-affirming communities, creates spaces for queer Jewish teens to feel valued and develop their own leadership skills, and mobilizes the Jewish community to fight for LGBTQ justice. Keshet’s blog spotlights this work, as well as the voices of LGBTQ Jews, our families, and allies.
Sinking into Compassion: The Book of Jonah and Yom Kippur
In honor of Yom Kippur, this week we bring you two queer takes on The Book of Jonah. Tomorrow, poet ...
Rosh HaShanah: Sanctifying Our In-Betweens
Rabbi Reuben Zellman delivered this D’var Torah on Erev Rosh HaShanah in 2006 at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. ...
Talking with Naomi Zeveloff, editor of the Forward’s transgender and Jewish series
Yesterday we introduced you to the great new series on transgender Jewish identity published by the Forward. It’s the first comprehensive ...
Jewish and Transgender: The Forward Series
Last week, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Private first class Bradley Manning, made headlines. Her announcement that she would be living ...
Walking the Walk: On Welcoming a Transgender Bunk Counselor
This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At Camp Na’aleh ...
Parashat Nitzavim and Parashat Vayeilech: Four Gemstones
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Parashat Ki Tavo: The Deuteronomy Dinner Party: As Many Chairs as We Need
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Parashat Ki Teitze: Amalek and the Good Soldier
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Parashat Shoftim: Doubling the Weight of Our Words
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
Welcome to our fifth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rabbis and cantors. This ...