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Words of Torah for Marriage Equality: Jamie Heller

Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – and t ...

Celebrate Bisexuality Day!

It seemed obvious to me that Celebrate Bisexuality Day is supposed be a celebration and featuring a list of notable ...

Learning to Return to Myself

I remember Yom Kippur when I was 13. I was in synagogue, proudly wearing the  tallit I had been given ...

Liberating Foreigners, Together with Our Sisters and Brothers

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Back to School: Guides for Creating Safe Space for LGBT Jewish Youth

It’s September and students across the country have headed back to school for a new year. But are they heading ...

Yom Kippur — A Different Read

The High Holidays are nearly upon us, and while it’s wonderful to carve out time for reflection, contemplation and community, ...

Four Ways to Make your Jewish Institution Inclusive for LGBTQ Interfaith Families

The High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – can be the most synagogue-centric of the Jewish calendar year. ...

Entering the Holy of Holies

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Tachlis of Inclusion: Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin and the Israel Center for Conservative Judaism

With the High Holidays approaching, and major spiritual heavy lifting to be done, it’s an especially important time of year ...

Senior Year: APs, College Prep, and Coming Out in My Orthodox High School

 When I tell my friends who are not Orthodox that I’m out of the closet and attending a Modern Orthodox ...

Eighteen Twenty-Two

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 Steve Greenberg

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