Live
Your Jewish Guide to Celebrating LGBTQ Pride
Every June people across the world celebrate LGBTQ Pride. As LGBTQ Jews and allies, we are proud of our own ...
Remembering Medgar Evers
June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...
Family Stories Part I… and Part II
A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children. When a child comes out, a coming out process begins ...
Circumcision: Whose Initiation?
You may know the contemporary arguments for and against a brit milah, ritual circumcision of infant Jewish boys.For: It’s traditional. It affirms a family’s connection ...
When 50 Happens to Good People: Part Two
Ok, so I hadn’t done time in prison, I’d just spent one day there. I’d just covered what was believed ...
A Champion for Inclusion
After nearly ten years of doing LGBT inclusion work in the Jewish LGBT community, first as the founding director of Jewish ...
When 50 Happens to Good People: Part One
I turned 50. It wasn’t supposed to happen to me. I do yoga. I moisturize. I still fit into the ...
Orthodox Parents, United by Love of Torah… and Our LGBT Children
A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children. When a child comes out, a coming out process begins ...
A Rabbi Reflects on the Journey Towards Marriage Equality
We in the Jewish community just spent forty-nine days counting the Omer, the period from liberation to revelation, from leaving ...
Celebrating Harvey Milk Day
Today Harvey Milk would have been 83. Instead, this gay Jewish hero, who was cut down in his prime, remains ...
Parashat Be’Ha’alotecha: ‘Am’ (Yisrael) Comin’ Out!
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Answering the Call: Responding to Suicide and Depression in Our Communities
“Crisis Line. May I help you?” This is how I answer the phone at a local crisis center here in ...