Check out recent articles about Keshet's work, our press statements, and key articles about LGBTQ+ Jews.
The Jewish High Holiday season begins this week, so let’s take a look at some new stories that feature queer, Jewish families, including a children’s picture book and a grown-up memoir by a woman with four lesbian moms.
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Author Meryl G. Gordon recently spoke about her Keshet award-winning book ‘The Flower Girl Wore Celery’ in Boston
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Debut children’s book author Meryl G. Gordon speaks with The Whole Megillah about her picture book, The Flower Girl Wore Celery, published by Kar-Ben.
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Matt Nosanchuk recently left his role as White House Jewish Liaison. During his time in the Obama administration, he initially worked on LGBT issues in the Department of Justice before coordinating efforts to reach out to the Jewish community.
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Rabbi Becky Silverstein offers his blessings and support to trans teen at Passover.
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In Daniel Bahner’s experience, the Jewish community has always been one of inclusion and acceptance. But when it comes to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, Jewish congregations may still be taking steps toward learning how to fully embrace members of that community.
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In the wake of Orlando, some tips for standing up for the LGBT community.
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Bathrooms accessible for transgender people are old news at Camp JRF, the Reconstructionist movement’s summer camp in South Sterling, Pa. Five years ago they posted signs on bathroom doors stating: “This bathroom may be used by any person regardless of gender identity or expression.”
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In the wake of the Orlando shooting, statements of solidarity with the LGBTQ community quickly tumbled forth. Some expressions of support came from unlikely sources such as the Orthodox Union and the Catholic Church. But what does a statement of solidarity mean in response to a crisis when it is not expressed in ordinary times?
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Sponsored by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, this year’s ROI Summit will host 150 young Jewish activists in Jerusalem to collaborate and problem- solve about issues in the global Jewish community.
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In wake of Orlando rampage, ramping up security and a new urgency on gun laws.
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Idit Klein, head of Keshet, says the first calls of solidarity after Orlando shooting came from Muslim leaders.
View the original at The Times of Israel
Jewish groups in Massachusetts are hailing the passage of a bill by the state’s House of Representatives that will extend the anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in public accommodations.
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While Massachusetts lawmakers debate a bill on transgender public accommodations, many Jewish organizations are ahead of the curve on fighting discrimination of trans individuals.
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We get it: Most Jewish families don’t yearn to make their Passover seders longer.
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Matt Nosanchuk, White House’s representative to the Jewish community, discusses Hanukkah parties, the Iran deal, and his personal pride in Obama’s same-sex marriage push.
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Starting this Saturday at sundown is the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of Persian Jews’ resilience in the face of an impending extermination. Growing up, I always enjoyed the holiday, which included costumes and hamentashen (triangular fruit-filled cookies), but I’ve come to form a deeper appreciation about it as a queer, secular Jewish adult. Here’s why:
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A group of American and Israeli LGBTQ Jews that was scheduled to appear at the largest conference of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer activists in the United States this week has been booted from the event because of pressure by anti-Israeli activists, the group says.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion in society is ethically mandated by Jewish textual tradition that exists in “a constant state of dialogue of reflection, of interpretation and reinterpretation,” argued Idit Klein, who serves as the executive director of Keshet, an organization that works toward LGBT inclusion in all aspects of Jewish life.
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Advocacy group Keshet will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its breakout film “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School” at a reception and panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 10, at 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre.
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