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Blessings and Curses: What’s in a Binary?

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Five Things That Make Us Go Ummm

In the course of our work to create and nurture welcoming, inclusive, Jewish communities, we have the privilege of working ...

Bind These Words

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Joy Ladin’s Door of Life

Talking to Joy Ladin is like speaking with your favorite professor from college — the one who wove words in ...

History, Memory and the Making of Community

Each week Jews read sections of the Torah, known as parshiyot, inspiring endless examination year after year. Each week we we ...

A Voice in the Desert: An Interview with Linda Sue Friedman

This summer, Chaplain Linda Sue Friedman was installed as President of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico — the first ...

Harvey Milk Hits (Off) Broadway: A Q&A with Lesléa Newman

A retired kosher butcher, his young lesbian writing teacher, and a letter from the heart: Lesléa Newman’s short story, “A ...

Documenting Queer Jews: An Interview with Caryn Aviv

In June 2002, Queer Jews came out in a big way. A collection of essays, memoirs and cultural analysis co-edited ...

The Maid of Ludomir

A Queer Ancestor in the Butch-Trans Border WarAs the month of Tammuz draws to a close, we have the opportunity ...

Rabbis Speak Out for Equality

On July 1st, Massachusetts moved one step closer to living up to its reputation as the birthplace of democracy – ...