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Heschel’s Host: “Don’t Tell Me Religions Can’t Get Along!”
“Do you know a rabbi by the name of Abraham Joshua Heschel?”The question was asked of me by Jean Jackson, ...
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 ...
Why I hope a Right-Winger Becomes the Next Chief Rabbi of Israel
There is a big election coming up on Wednesday, one many American Jews might not be aware of. In response ...
Wrapping Myself in the Fringes
This was the d’var Torah (discourse) I gave at the Jewish service on Friday night at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, ...
From Intermarried Couple to Observant Jewish Family
When my wife and I speak to groups about our family’s journey to Judaism, inevitably we are asked about our ...
Queer Jewish Dating
What does it mean to be Jewish and queer? What about dating queer and Jewish? Does it make a difference? ...
Finding Joy
I was moved by a story I heard on NPR last week. Krista Tippet, host of NPR’s show “On Being,” ...
What Makes a Home “Southern and Jewish”?
What makes our home Southern and Jewish? If you were blindfolded and brought into my home, it wouldn’t take you ...
Queer, Trans*, and In Israel
Living in Israel, for me, meant mastering the art of feigning ignorance. “Ani lo mevin, ani lo mevin. Rak midaber ...
The Summer of Living Jewishly
This summer my plan is to start writing a book with the working title God Laughs: How Judaism Ruined My ...
What Happens When Pride Month Ends?
I’m still reeling from yesterday’s amazing news. And I’m so incredibly proud and inspired to see so many LGBTQ Jews ...
Mazel Tov! DOMA and Prop 8 are struck down
Two years ago this summer, I stood under a chuppah (marriage canopy) with my wife. Because we live in Massachusetts, ...