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On Thursday, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) unanimously approved the Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-comforming People at its Biennial meeting in Orlando, FL.
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Biennial conference of the Union for Reform Judaism overwhelmingly backed motion Thursday detailing steps to be taken by synagogues and congregations.
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In a historic vote Thursday morning, the Union of Reform Judaism—the representative body for the largest of America’s Jewish denominations—approved a groundbreaking transgender rights bill, the most far-reaching resolution of this kind of any major religious group in the United States, reports The Jewish Daily Forward.
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When Rabbi Elliot Kukla became the first out transgender rabbi ordained in the Reform Jewish movement almost a decade ago, he would get questions from other rabbis along the lines of “There’s a transgender congregant coming to services. What should I do?” He would tell the other rabbis to greet them with, “Shabbat shalom,” the traditional welcome for anybody.
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It has been 10 years since the release of Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School. The film, which chronicled 16-year-old Shulamit Izen’s sometimes bumpy journey to identify as a lesbian at The New Jewish High School (now called Gann Academy) in suburban Boston, marked a turning point for the Jewish LGBT community.
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Greater MetroWest is joining about 500 communities around the country that have received training in how to make their Jewish institutions “safe and inclusive” for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews.
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Here’s the jam: I am a woman, married to a man, but I identify as bisexual.
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Jonah was always different from other boys. Jonah’s parents started seeing a difference in age three that made them think Jonah was gender non-conforming. By age five, Jonah was wearing girls clothes, played with toys typically geared towards girls, and had long hair. When Jonah told her parents she wanted to go by Hannah at eleven – it was hardly a surprise.
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Two-hundred Jews gathered in Boston’s Temple Israel on Wednesday evening to lament a summer of Jewish extremist violence in Israel.
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Partnerships make inclusion work.
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Rabbi Tsipi Gabai of Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito will receive the 2015 Landres Courage for Dignity Award from Keshet, a national organization that works for full equality for LGBT Jews in Jewish life.
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Two steadfast advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights – each of whom traveled different paths to become vocal and effective activists for dignity and inclusion – have been named the recipients of Keshet’s Landres Courage for Dignity Award.
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Two weeks ago, on the streets of San Francisco, Susan Jacobs celebrated with millions of people across the nation, the just-announced U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing marriage equality across the country.
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This winner of a 2011 children’s book contest sponsored by Keshet, an advocacy group for GLBT Jews, tells the story of Nate, who wants to dress up as an alien for Purim when all his male friends are going as superheroes.
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Four years ago, I stood under a chuppah with the woman I was about to marry overlooking a valley in Massachusetts. I have an emotional memory of sweetness and joy from my wedding day, but I can’t recall many specific moments.
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When a group of Beth El Congregation’s leaders met last week to discuss how they could better include those with disabilities at the synagogue, Rabbi Alex Greenbaum was happy to see the conversation veer in a broader direction.
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If you see a tie-dyed chuppah bobbing its way up Market Street on June 28, chances are you’ve spotted a group of teens from URJ Camp Newman marching in the San Francisco Pride Parade.
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Keshet, a national agency that promotes LGBT inclusion in the Jewish community and beyond, is accepting nominations for its second annual Landres Courage for Dignity Award.
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Jay Ramsay got a terrifying phone call at the office. Thirty-seven weeks into his wife’s pregnancy, the baby had stopped moving. The doctors were arranging for an emergency delivery. “I was in panic mode, in tears,” he says. That night brought, fortunately, a healthy baby. Jay took off the rest of the week. Back at work on Monday, he was called into a private meeting.
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Reform Judaism's resolution on transgender rights commits the movement to 'full equality, inclusion and acceptance of people of all gender identities and gender expressions.'
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