Jews Must Support The Trans Community—Our Lives Depend On It
Our Jewish textual tradition has always had a place for those who do not fit neatly into binary boxes of sex and gender.
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Our Jewish textual tradition has always had a place for those who do not fit neatly into binary boxes of sex and gender.
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What Judaism has to say about inclusion, human dignity and equal rights.
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On Nov. 6, our trans friends, family members and neighbors are counting on us to uphold their rights at the ballot in Massachusetts.
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The Keshet Parent and Family Connection bolsters families during the coming-out process and beyond.
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“Keshet connected me to other teens who were Jewish and queer. Knowing people like me, who had similar experiences, made me feel like I had a place where I belong and could talk with someone. Being able to feel connected like this is amazing and really big for me.”
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The Jewish community came together to strategize on how to defeat a ballot initiative in November that takes away transgender people’s protection from discrimination in public spaces.
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It's Holocaust Remembrance Day but one-third of Americans doubt facts.
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When Esther Thorpe came out as gender neutral a year ago, identifying neither as male nor female, Miriam Taylor Thorpe was worried. Esther’s mother already had a child come out as gay and feared that Esther, 14, would have trouble finding a Jewish community that would be accepting and inclusive.
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The Orloff Central Agency for Jewish Education of Broward County has partnered with Keshet, a national organization committed to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Jews, for a year-long project.
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To guide these professionals, we have developed three modalities for fostering LGBTQ inclusion: signaling, responding, and celebrating. When practiced together, these modes help create Jewish communities where LGBTQ Jews feel at home and the entire community benefits from the warmth and vitality of a fully inclusive community.
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Keshet, a national organization that works for full LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life, is partnering with the Union for Reform Judaism, bringing together its URJ Youth and Audacious Hospitality departments for a project to improve inclusivity in our Reform youth programs. It is the largest implementation yet of Keshet’s work.
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It’s almost Hanukkah, which means it’s time for friends, latkes, and stressing out about how to actually spell Hanukkah. (Ch? Just H? Two n’s? Unclear!) Or at least, that’s what my December Jewish Holigay season looks like.
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Temple Sinai of Roslyn invites you to enhance your holiday this year by giving back to our community and bringing light to our world. Temple Sinai is proud to continue its important “8 Nights of Giving” Chanukah program, which offers an opportunity to help “heal the world.”
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With a series of training events last week, Vancouver’s Jewish community and clergy took steps to actively learn about and embrace LGBTQ+ Jews.
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Divisiveness around Zionism and the place of Jewish people within the LGBT community have gotten a lot of heated conversation, but little nuance.
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LGBT advocates in the U.S. said they had been heartened by reports of substantial resistance to the policies in Israel voiced by politicians, officials and civil society groups.
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Three women holding pride flags featuring the Star of David were ejected from the Dyke March in Chicago last weekend. The incident generated national outrage, as well as strained debate among the left.
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At Etgar B’Ramah (Ramah Outdoor Adventure), one of the things on which we pride ourselves is that we have created a place where chalutzim (pioneers/campers) don’t need to conform to gender role stereotypes.
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At home and abroad, LGBTQ Jews showed up to en mass to celebrate their community and cheer on those around them over the weekend.
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