LGBTQ

Reflections from an Orthodox Rabbi with a Trans Child

I’m writing this as the father of a transgender child, who feels constricted in a space too narrow to accept ...

Coming Out L’dor V’dor: Different Expectations for Different Generations

Until my grandfather’s death in July, I’d only attended one funeral. It was for a friend’s father in the seventh ...

Voting for Our Future: How LGBTQ Jews can Support Others

The Jewish New Year is a time of personal reflection. During the High Holidays, we reflected on the past year, ...

A Moonstone for the Feast of Tabernacles: Celebrating Sukkot as a part of a Jewish and Queer Community

The theory of a sukkah feels queer to me – a temporary, self-built space for the purpose of shelter, but ...

Sukkot and Simchat Torah: Resources and Reflections

This year we’ve rounded up a menu of our past Sukkot and Simchat Torah posts for you to explore. Below you’ll find resource guides, rabbinical ...

Coming Out for my Transgender Daughter

There it sat and it had sat for a very long time. We felt exhausted, vulnerable, and full of anxiety. ...

Arrived: First of Our Long Awaited Refugee Families!

Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...

Ruth… In Other Words

Last summer, when I joined Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel (ASBI), the local Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, I discovered ...

Neighbors and Strangers

I received a hate call two weeks ago. It came right after I had had the honor of offering an ...

Being Terrified, But Never Terrorized, In an LGBTQ Nightclub

In 2006, at age 23, I went to a gay bar for the first time.I went by myself, because I ...