LGBTQ

We’re Here, We’re Queer, We Made Cholent!

[A digital rendering of this originally hand-written epistolary blog post can be found here.]June 19, 2015Hello and Happy Pride Month!I ...

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 ...

An Open Letter to Mom, From Her Gay Son

In honor of Mother’s Day, I wanted to write a letter to my mom thanking her for the actions she ...

Coming Out and Coming Home to My Jewish Sleepaway Camp

I first thought that I might be different when I was in sixth grade.I went to Jewish day school, and ...

How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships

I am not quite sure when I first started to understand the notion of homosexuality. When Billie Jean King was ...

Walking the Walk: On Welcoming a Transgender Bunk Counselor

This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At ...

Inclusion is a Jewish Imperative

Why do you try to be so inclusive? It’s OBVIOUS that you are liberal because you care about these marginalized ...