Gender & Sexuality
Honoring Our Allies
This year we celebrated the work of two allies to the LGBT Jewish community with the inaugural Landres Courage for Dignity ...
Anti-Gay Billboard is Wrong, Dangerous, and Against Biblical Faith
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would almost be laughable. A new billboard on Interstate 95 in downtown Richmond, VA ...
A Hanukkah Blessing
In preparation for Hanukkah, a time in the year when we welcome in the light of hope and liberation, we ...
This Little Flame of Mine
The week began with me feeling self-conscious gesturing with my hands and glittery purple nails. I recently read Rebecca Sirbu’s ...
Welcoming LGBTQ Jews and Their Loved Ones into the Mishkan
Today we are sharing Joanna Ware’s Keynote speech from Kindness Counts: Welcoming LGBTQ Jews and Their Loved Ones into the ...
Ask Asher: Home for the Holidays
Have a question about LGBTQ life? Jewish life? LGBTQ Jewish Life? Ask Asher! Send your questions to AskAsher@keshetonline.org and you might be featured in ...
Finding a Space to Feel Safe & Accepted: The Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton
One day at synagogue, my friend excitedly came up to me, and asked me to come to the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ ...
An Orthodox-Friendly, Egalitarian Bencher: Something Old, Something Very New
With great fanfare, David Zvi Kalman and Joshua Schwartz announced their production of a new, “egalitarian and queer-inclusive” bencher, Seder ...
Telling My Story for World AIDS Day
(Trigger warning: This post includes stories of suicide.) I remember vividly the first time I heard the term “AIDS.” It ...
This Thanksgiving I’m Thankful for…
With Thanksgiving only a day away, I’m anticipating that moment during dinner—or perhaps during halftime—when we pause to share what ...
Being Thankful: Communities & Identities
In my mind, Thanksgiving has a deeper connection with Judaism than with turkey or cranberry sauce.Since eighth grade, I haven’t ...
Hints of “Queerness” from Our Ancestors, Our Sages, and Our God
Rabbi Lisa Edwards, of Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), offered these words last week as leaders from day schools across Los Angeles ...