‘Hineini’ by Any Other Name…
I don't have a problem with the documentary, only the title.
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Check out recent articles about Keshet's work, our press statements, and key articles about LGBTQ+ Jews.
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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Although Nate wants to be an alien for Purim, all the other boys are dressing up as superheroes. He asks his two dads for input and learns that it’s OK to be yourself, and that it may seem lonely at times to follow your own instincts, but doing so can also give you strength.
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The Purim Superhero follows Nate, who is worried about being different from his classmates. They all plan to wear superhero costumes to their synagogue’s Purim celebration, but Nate would rather dress as an alien. Seeking advice from his two dads, Nate decides what to do.
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The 9th grade social action class at Temple Ner Tamid, in Bloomfield NJ, is raising awareness regarding bullying in our society.
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The first ever LGBT inclusive children’s book aimed at Jewish people is being released, Minneapolis-based publisher Kar-Ben Publishing has announced.
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Yesterday we hosted Elisabeth Kushner, a Vancouver, BC librarian and author who recently published her first picture book, The Purim Superhero.
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‘The Purim Superhero’ is story of young boy whose dilemma over which Purim costume to pick is solved with help of his 2 dads.
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New children’s book mixes an inclusive message with holiday inspiration.
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When you talk to gay Jews (instead of about us), you’ll learn that many of us seek to participate meaningfully in the Jewish communities, culture, and religion that is so central to our lives.
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The concept of a superhero—someone who has special powers to fight evil and protect humanity from dange to most all children and to most all adults. Following is a handy guide to all the classic superheroes and a few new ones.
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