A Purim Message for the PJ Library

As a Jewish mother, I read with interest a recent blog post explaining the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s decision to make “The Purim Superhero” – a story about a boy, Nate, who has two dads – available only to PJ Library families who request it, but not to all of its subscribers.

Purim book for children creates a stir, Wins contest for its LGBT theme

Children dressed as superheroes, queens, and football players ate pastries and listened to the story of Purim at Boston Children’s Museum on Sunday.

Fred Phelps’ Death: “Don’t Celebrate,” say some

PJ Library Offers Book With Gay Parents, But Only Upon Request

Naomi Marmorstein loves reading the free Jewish books she gets from PJ Library to her 1-year-old son Jonah, whom she adopted last January. Her only complaint: the characters don’t reflect her non-traditional “mom-kid” family, as she describes it.

Jewish groups to talk marriage

The Keshet Parent & Family Connection (KPFC) and JQ Baltimore will partner on March 2 to present a panel discussion exploring the process and experience of same-sex weddings and marriages in the Jewish tradition.

Jewish Book Project Offers Free Purim Picture Book with Gay Dads

One of the more delightful recent picture books featuring a child with LGBT parents is Elisabeth Kushner’s The Purim Superhero, about a child with gay dads celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.

Idit Klein, Founder of Keshet

Idit Klein has been an activist for equality and social justice for the past 20 years. Since 2001, she has served as Executive Director of Keshet.

Coming out at Tufts University

Life in the closet is a play, and it’s up to you when the curtains close.

Turning My Passion Into Activism: One Student’s Story of LGBT Activism

I grew up in a liberal household where my parents told me to be what I wanted and to not change for anyone. I was a gay rights activist by the time I was 4 years old, talking openly with anyone who would listen about the passage of Massachusetts’ marriage equality law.

Keshet and Hillel Partner Up

More and more Hillels are engaged in active collaborations with campus LGBTQ centers, have LGBTQ-inclusive policies and programming, and even support Jewish LGBTQ student groups.

For Edgar Bronfman, Humanity to LGBT People Was Intuitive

I was there to tell Edgar how much it meant to me to have learned just six months earlier that in the early 1970s, as CEO of Seagram, he had stood up for a gay employee.

A kaddish for the victims of anti-transgender violence

Transgender Day of Remembrance was marked by a growing number of Jewish communities, including the ADL.

A journey of many paths: Stories of LGBT religious lives in Colorado

LGBT people come from every faith, but share an effort to reconcile belief with who they are.

Idit Klein

In less than two decades, Keshet has evolved from a small grassroots group in Boston advocating the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Jewish life to a nationwide organization that, today, operates on a $1.7 million budget and has educators in over 200 Jewish communities across the country.

For Interfaith Gay Couples, Just One Obstacle Is Cleared

One morning last summer, Connie Knapp got a phone call from her minister. Several days earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down a ruling fortifying the movement for same- sex marriage. Her pastor, the Rev. Chip Low, had a feeling that Ms. Knapp and her partner, Anne Corey, might want to have a wedding.

Feature: The best LGBT picture books for children

Author and lecturer B.J. Epstein writes for PinkNews.co.uk of how LGBT families and children can benefit from picture books that are designed to cater for them.

Paving the way for next generation of LGBT leaders

The Bay Area’s gay Jewish community is a vibrant and populous one — more than 30,000 local Jews identify as LGBTQ, based on a 2010 study by the national nonprofit Jewish Mosaic. But according to that same study, it’s a community that, historically, has been short on organized leadership. A new program under the auspices of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation aims to change that.

Abuse Or Religious Freedom?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision this week to sign a bill that prohibits therapists in the state from performing so-called reparative therapy on young gay patients drew a mixed reaction from Jewish and civil rights organizations.

When Jewish Transgender Teens Come Out of Closet, Many Leave Camp Behind

Alternatives Spring Up as Camps Struggle To Be Inclusive.

The Purim Superhero

Nate loves aliens. But all the other boys in his class are going to dress up as superheroes to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.