Check out recent articles about Keshet's work, our press statements, and key articles about LGBTQ+ Jews.
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.
View the original at Gleanings
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.
View the original at Jeducation World
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.”
View the original at The Island Now
With a series of training events last week, Vancouver’s Jewish community and clergy took steps to actively learn about and embrace LGBTQ+ Jews.
View the original at The Voice
Divisiveness around Zionism and the place of Jewish people within the LGBT community have gotten a lot of heated conversation, but little nuance.
View the original at Advocate
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.
View the original at Haaretz
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.
View the original at BuzzFeed News
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.
View the original at The Jewish Advocate
Draft of an executive order to be signed on Thursday has Jewish activists and scholars worried about exactly whose beliefs are being protected.
View the original at The Times of Israel
Susie Tanchel, head of school at Jewish Community Day School here, was honored by Keshet for her dedication to LGBTQ inclusion and her own journey as the first openly gay head of a Jewish day school.
View the original at The Jewish Advocate
Temple Israel is opening space in Crosstown Concourse, embracing LGBTQ Jews, and is now Keshet certified as a safe space for LGBTQ persons.
View the original at Focus
But how do we actually protect trans kids in our own spaces and communities? To start answering that question, I called Daniel Bahner, the National Director of Education and Training at LGBTQ advocacy organization Keshet, to ask about what steps we can take at home, in our schools, and with our peers who might not fully understand this issue–including ourselves.
View the original at Kveller
Jewish organizations are railing against the Trump administration’s removal of Obama-era protections for transgender youth.
View the original at Forward
More than 20 Democratic Jewish members of the House of Representatives called on President Donald Trump not to sign an executive order that would exempt religious organizations from adhering to nondiscrimination protection.
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Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh here has some Hollywood magic on its side this Mother’s Day. Faith Soloway, a writer and producer on Amazon’s hit show, “Transparent,” encouraged people to give to Mayyim Hayyim for the holiday, which is of particular significance to her family.
View the original at The Jewish Advocate
In response to the Trump Administration, Jewish LGBTQ education and advocacy agency Keshet has launched a campaign urging support and protection for transgender youth in the community.
View the original at Tablet
The San Francisco based Jim Joseph Foundation awarded a pair of local Jewish organizations two grants worth a combined $1.675 million for programs aimed at including more LGBTQ youth in Jewish life and diverse learners at Jewish day schools.
View the original at The Jewish Advocate
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