Building a Community of Belonging in Your Youth Group

Explore ways to make your Jewish Youth Group a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for LGBTQ youth, staff, and families.

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A Guide for LGBTQ+ Belonging for Jewish Youth Groups Below you will find several suggestions for how to make your youth group a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for…

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  Click here to download  an all-gender restroom sign. Click here to download a sign explaining the purpose of all-gender restrooms.

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What’s in a Pronoun?: Third-Person and All-Gender Pronouns Assembled by Dubbs Weinblatt, Essie Shachar-Hill, and Jacob Klein (May 2019) Updated January 2023 by Chaim Ezra Harrison and Jay Smith THE…

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Save the following JPEG image to print, or display it on your organization’s website:   Easily print your own Safe Zone or Pride stickers using Avery 5395  adhesive label paper…

Written non-discrimination policies and benefits form the foundation of diversity and inclusion efforts. Do the organizations you belong to, work for and/or support have a policy in place that specifically…

Compiled from responses gathered from participants of Keshet’s National Training Institutes Have you ever heard someone use the expression, “That’s so gay!” to convey something negative? When “gay” is used…

Introduction: Inclusive forms and paperwork are an important part of LGBTQ-affirming organizational culture. Not only will inclusive forms allow your organization to capture the most accurate information, but they also…

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Many events in Jewish life are accompanied by a ritual or ceremony. Our library of materials can help you find a meaningful LGBTQ+ inclusive text or interpretation for your event.

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When I walk into a legislator’s office and can say that the faith community doesn’t believe in discrimination, and to have someone from Keshet say, "I’m here on behalf of the Jewish community saying we don’t believe in anti-LGBTQ policies," it’s very meaningful. And it’s not what they are used to hearing. It’s critical for Keshet to keep articulating that voice on the federal and state levels.

Darcy Hirsh, advocate and activist