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Read more(JTA) — We get it: Most Jewish families don’t yearn to make their Passover seders longer. But there’s an entire world of seder upgrades and supplements out there providing myriad creative ways to freshen up the age-old tale of the Jews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and — perhaps more…
Read moreWASHINGTON — American Jewish organizations celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday ruling that a landmark federal law forbidding workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees. The court’s decision, which was accepted by the four liberal justices and two conservative justices – Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch, who…
Read moreAs LGBTQ Jewish people, we have often been put in situations where we need to create our own ways of persevering through tough moments. Surviving and thriving in this world has pushed us to create our own store of unique wisdom about resilience, joy, and community. In Keshet’s YouTube series…
Read moreCongratulations Rabbinical Student Koach Baruch Frazier for being named a LGBTQ Jewish Hero by Keshet. Keshet is a national organization headquartered in Boston with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago and New York City. According to Keshet’s website, “We are the only organization in the U.S. that works for LGBTQ equality…
Read more“I’ve turned gray waiting for UJA to make this conference,” said Shelly Weiss, a longtime LGBTQ activist. She was referring to UJA-Federation of New York’s first-ever conference focused on the Jewish gay, lesbian, transgender and queer community, which took place last month at the charity’s headquarters on East 59th Street. “And…
Read moreNovember 4th: One-time screening of Family in Transition, a documentary charting the seismic changes in a close-knit Israeli family grappling with gender transition. After years of marriage and four children, Amit reveals to his wife Galit his secret desire to be a woman. The decision is met with extraordinary support…
Read moreKol Hadash Humanistic Congregation, which is housed inside North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, has been a leader in LGBTQ-inclusivity since its founding in 2001. The congregation emerged from the now-defunct Congregation Beth Or and celebrates Humanistic Judaism. And yet, this year they have made changes to become even more…
Read moreNEW YORK (JTA) — One of the country’s largest Jewish-centric foundations is making a push to help the few national and dozens of local and small-shop organizations focused on Jewish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues form a movement. The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is a major funder…
Read moreAs transgender activists and their supporters continue to lobby the legislature to add gender identity and expression to the Commonwealth’s anti-discrimination statutes, a number of religious institutions gathered in western Massachusetts last Thursday to show their support. The event, dubbed “An Act of Faith,” was held at The Edwards Church…
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