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Addiction: New York Area Resources
JACS – Jewish Alcoholics & Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others Sharon Darack, Program Director sdarack@jbfcs.org 212-632-4727 Support, guidance, contacts ...
Advice for B’nai Mitzvah
The first time I officiated at a bar mitzvah was when I was the visiting rabbi at a young congregation in ...
Feminist Friend of Israel
Recently, the National Women’s Studies Association voted to endorse “the 2005 call by Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and sanctions ...
Calling All Trans People in Rural Areas, Towns, and Small Cities
In August, I’m going to drive across the country interviewing trans adults who live in rural areas, towns, and small ...
When the Fight’s at your Doorstep: On the Front Lines of LGBT Life in North Carolina
Keshet recently sat down with James Miller, the Executive Director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh. North Carolina has recently ...
The Place Where I Belong
My 10-year-old son, Micah, came home from school earlier this week humming a familiar tune. “The Place Where I Belong” by ...
Doctors and Matchmakers: A More Perfect Union?
Everybody wants the best for their children, especially when it comes to marriage. The choice of a spouse by a ...
Taking A Stand as a Gay Rabbi in North Carolina
I moved to North Carolina about eight months ago after living most of my life either above or well above ...
A Space to be Young, Jewish, and LGBTQ
Last month, 76 teenagers, 9 college-aged CITs, and 18 adult educators from across the country joined together for our largest ...
At Passover & Always: On Freedom, Religion… And Welcoming Everyone
Sometimes, being Southern and Jewish means raising our voice. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ...
The Missed Kitniyot Opportunity
Passover 2016 hasn’t even begun, and I’m already frustrated with so much talk about food. Well, this year it’s not ...
Our Love Party: Inviting Community When Family Won’t Come
My Orthodox Jewish self, my fear and shame, my internalized homophobia could not fathom a way of bringing my relationship with my religion and my understanding of what God wants for me into marriage with a woman. It has taken me years of being out and going through heartbreak and growth to be in the place that I believe that God wants to be involved in my marriage to Mary. In order to be married in an authentic way, I need both my religious self and my queer self to be there.