The Queer Community–Collectively–Comes Out (Parashat Nitzavim)

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September 25, 2008 | By Cynthia Hoffman

, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Deutoronomy

Torah Portion: Nitzavim

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author argues that this portion provides a model of repentance that provides a perfect time to come out to our communities in a more forthright way. The portion ends with an admonishment to grow and change; to return to our true selves as the cycle of consolation ends and the book of life opens.

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