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Nov 2012 28

Op-Ed: Jewish organizations have made great strides in gay inclusion—but must do more

At the 2009 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington, 50 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jews and their allies gathered in a small room on the ninth floor of the conference hotel.

View the original at JTA
Op-Ed: Jewish organizations have made great strides in gay inclusion—but must do more
Nov 2012 16

On Transgender Day, Jews must stand up for the other

I'm a white gay Jewish man. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t even know what “cisgender” meant.

View the original at The Jewish News of Northern California
On Transgender Day, Jews must stand up for the other
Nov 2012 14

Building True Acceptance: By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us

Jeanne Schwartz called her husband John at work one afternoon in June 2009. “Joe has taken a lot of pills,” she said. Their 13-year- old son Joe, who’d just come out as gay at  his middle school, had tried to commit suicide.

View the original at Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life
Building True Acceptance: By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us