Keshet in the News

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Dec 2014 4

LGBTQs to Celebrate Holidays with Accepting, Inclusive Religious & Spiritual Orgs. in New England

The New England area offers many progressive Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other groups of various denominations who are dedicated to inclusion of LGBTQ people, as well as those that are explicitly run by and for LGBTQ folks and allies.

View the original at The Rainbow Times
LGBTQs to Celebrate Holidays with Accepting, Inclusive  Religious & Spiritual Orgs. in New England
Nov 2014 20

New director named for Keshet Bay Area

LGBT Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area have a new addition to their leadership ranks with Rebecca Cariati, who recently stepped into the role as regional director of Keshet.

View the original at The Bay Area Reporter
New director named for Keshet Bay Area
Nov 2014 20

Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Jewish Community

When I was growing up, as a little girl in the Orthodox Jewish community, I would stare longingly over the mechitza (the dividing wall between men and women in the synagogue), feeling betrayed by God for giving me a body that didn't feel congruent with my soul. I never imagined that one day I would feel right in my body, accepted in my community, and able to walk freely in the world as a Jewish man.

View the original at ReformJudaism.org
Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Jewish Community