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Six Stories of Marriage Equality

Next Tuesday, April 28th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on marriage equality. The outcome, which will most likely occur ...

Why Gay-Straight-Alliances Are Needed in Schools

Each April schools across the country observe a Day of Silence, a day dedicated to ending anti-LGBTQ bullying and harassment. While we will be ...

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 ...

My Seder Plate Has Cinnamon

There are several ways that LGBTQ Jews can be symbolically honored during the Passover seder. The orange on the seder ...

Lucky to Have Two Mommies

Earlier this month an article entitled Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting hit the web and was widely circulated. The author compared ...

The Ultimate Tzedakah: Being a Surrogate Mother

Keshet is pretty excited about The Guys Next Door , a feature-length documentary that tells the story of Erik and ...

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 ...

What Matters is You (Not if the Dress is Black & Blue or White & Gold)

Last weekend a group of 60+ LGBTQ and ally teens joined together for the 4th annual Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally ...

Finding Strength in Community & The Story of Purim

The first time I really dug into the story of Purim was actually also the first time I thought I ...