coming out

Hineini: 10 Years of Coming Out in Jewish Spaces

A dozen or so years ago, I was working as an educator at a large Conservative synagogue in the suburbs ...

Coming Out to Grandma

I never thought of myself as the type to lie to my grandmother. She’s always been my biggest fan. When ...

Coming Out & Combining Names

After 11 years of marriage, my wife Kate and I are finally going to change our last names.I’m a little ...

Coming Out at Our JCC

My three-year-old loves her preschool. Now in her third year there, she has friends she is close to, teachers she ...

Supporting My Gay Son

This morning The Torch,  a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...

Passover & the Dream of Liberation

On Passover, we are taught every generation must see themselves as if they had personally been liberated from Egypt. For ...

An Open Letter to Tom and Transgender Teens Everywhere

Last week the story of Tom Chai Sosnik, a teenager that came out as transgender at Tehiyah Day School, his ...

It’s the Little Things

Today’s post from Keshet Board member Carson Gleberman offers advice from parents of LGBTQ children. If you’re looking for more support, check ...

Lightness, Darkness, Transition

When the winter solstice arrived, we went from the darkest days of the year to a gradual increase of light. ...

My Second Trip to the Mikveh

June, 1997, Cincinnati, OHIt was the end of a journey. It was the beginning of a transition. I had spent ...