At JFNA GA, attendees confront division amid calls for unity

On a range of issues, from Jewish continuity to questions surrounding diversity and inclusion, the conference highlighted enduring divisions in the Jewish community.

Project aims to ensure inclusion for LGBTQ+ Jews

Houston Hillel board provides LGBTQ+ Ally Training

Tov Li B’Mahaneh Ramah: Remembering A Culture Of Sexual Harassment At Camp

A powerful call to action to Jewish summer camps by Keshet board member and Shabbaton alumna, Alyx Bernstein

Grants with an unusual clause: don’t use this to fund your nonprofit

UpStart awarded grants to dozens of groups.

More than 100 Jewish groups back the bill that would codify same-sex marriage protections into federal law

Over 100 Jewish organizations are urging the Senate to codify the 2015 Supreme Court decision extending federal protections to same sex marriage.

U.S. Jewish Organizations’ Letter to Senate Supporting Respect for Marriage Act

Your Daily Phil: So. Florida’s new Keshet leadership project + Resetting the Table poised for growth

Organizational Partners in Action:

How the Jewish Grandparents Network, URJ, and Keshet Partnered to Support Grandparents of Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender-expansive Youth

The Right Is Misusing the Word “Grooming,” and It Can Have Serious Consequences

An Intersectional Artist

Frances Zuckerbrod’s pieces is published in a queer Jewish zine.

4 Nice Jewish Boys. 1 high-stakes pageant. Who will win?

Four contestants will compete in Washington, D.C., for a chance to win the title of Mr. Nice Jewish Boy 2022

Mr. Nice Jewish Boy DC Pageant Returns After Haitus

July 31 pageant features four hopefuls competing for a title and prizes while promoting the visibility and diversity of the Jewish community in D.C.

A Jewish camp is reassuring families amid a ‘social media offensive’ over its inclusion of trans children

Camp Ramah is just one of the many partner camps Keshet works with to create such policies.

D’var Torah: How To Protect Our Queer Jewish Kids

We stand by the investigative and essential work of Rena Yehuda Newman and New Voices magazine.

After decades of resistance, LGBTQ marriage is Conservative practice. Is Modern Orthodoxy next?

In February 2021, Toronto’s largest Conservative synagogue, Beth Tzedec, announced that they would perform LGBTQ marriages.

Antisemitism’s Impact on Queer Jews

As Pride Month draws to a close, LGBTQ Jewish voices reflect on how antisemitism affects their community.

Meet the LGBTQ couples whose queer-positive weddings measure up to Jewish legal standards

Pride meets the gatekeepers of Jewish law as observant couples reimagine gendered wedding rituals

Statement on the Supreme Court ending the right to abortion

The Supreme Court is imposing extremist Christian beliefs on the majority of Americans who support abortion rights. Keshet and our national Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities reject this violation of our dignity and freedom.

In Sacred Texts, We Belong

The other day a friend asked, “If your sacred text requires you to struggle, why don’t you just . . . get a better sacred text?