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Two minutes after the clock struck midnight on May 1, Fran and Anna Simon became the first LGBT couple in Colorado to legally unite, under the state’s new civil union law. The Simons had already had a Jewish wedding ceremony eight years earlier replete with chupah, rabbi and stepped-on glasses.
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This week: Colorado native (and current Denver resident), Shanna Katz, talks about her volunteer work with Keshet – an organization “working for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews in Jewish life” – and the important role Keshet has played in her own journey.
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“Nobody knew anybody who was out of the closet,” he said. “It was only after I came out of the closet that the silence really hit me.”
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Two weeks before Boston Pride last year, having recently broken up with my girlfriend of several months, I texted my friend Jamie: “I need to see everyone. There’s more to this story.”
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Keshet Parent & Family Connection aids families during the coming-out process.
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Led by Mayor Michael Hancock, Anna and Fran Simon are the first couple to take part in a civil union ceremony at the Webb Building in Denver, Colorado.
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“The terms ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’ are alienating,” explained Heather Holdridge, director of digital strategy at Planned Parenthood, before she went on to describe her organization’s new campaign to drop them. I was listening to her speak on a panel at the Jewish Funders Network conference last month, but my mind quickly went elsewhere.
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The Talmud declares that anyone who has no compassion for others is not a descendant of our father Abraham. My mind went to this statement as I read Brian Camenker’s hurtful words (The Jewish Advocate, April 12).
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This exchange typified how much of the broader Jewish community related to Keshet and our work for LGBT inclusion in Jewish life. It also reflected how we initially positioned ourselves: as outsiders, on the margins, disconnected from the center.
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I don't have a problem with the documentary, only the title.
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The interview with Amram Altzman was originally posted on March 20th, 2013. The full interview can found on Jewish Rock Radio’s website www.jewishrockradio.com/#/music/youth-engagement/amram-altzman-interview.
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Event was inspired by local mother’s request.
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On March 2, over 500 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews and allies attended the 6th annual Keshet Cabaret at the Westin Copley Place, raising over $170,000 to support Keshet’s work for a fully inclusive Jewish community.
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As mainstream acceptance grows -- along with membership -- gay congregations face unexpected questions.
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Weekend event will be hosted by Boston University Hillel.
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Readers who frequent the Soloway JCC in Ottawa may have noticed the “Keshet LGBTQ safe zone” stickers adorning the entrance and other high-traffic areas. Our community has come a long way towards wider and more public acceptance of the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities that comprise our broad community.
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Hello fabulous readers! You’re looking especially well-rested today, and what you’ve done with your tentacles is just absolutely divine.
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The Purim Superhero, a new picture book for Jewish children, includes gay parents. It’s about time.
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It is a truism in the LGBT community to say that we need LGBT-inclusive children’s books so our kids see images of families like theirs. Yet with few exceptions, LGBT-inclusive picture books have largely shown culturally and religiously neutral families. Diversity of color has started to appear, but even those books don’t explore the families’ various cultural and religious traditions. Kids may therefore see some important aspects of their families in these books, but others are left out. Elisabeth Kushner’s The Purim Superhero, the first clearly LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English, takes a different approach.
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For her children's book, The Purim Superhero, local author Elisabeth Kushner won an international contest sponsored by the Jewish organization Keshet.
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