Our Jewish community is enriched by its members’ diversity, heritage, and unique stories! In celebration of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month, we had the privilege of sitting down and chatting with Rachel Chang. ___ Tell me a little bit about yourself. I’m a…
View the originalWhen I was pregnant with our first child, I found myself hungry for Jewish resources to turn to for spiritual sustenance. Pregnancy felt to me like an undeniably spiritual time: I was up close and personal with the unfathomable mystery of creating new life. (I am making a body with…
View the originalI live in the narrow place — or so I’m told. We are all navigating narrow places. After all, as Rebbe Nachman once said, “The world is a very narrow bridge, and the important thing is not to be afraid.” And yet, I have been blessed to know people who…
View the originalThe Rabbinic Sage Ben Bag-Bag wrote, “Turn it and turn it, for everything is in it” (Pirkei Avot 5:22). I hold this text as one of my favorites. There is such immense power in reflection, in looking at something seen hundreds of times and finding something new. The text has not changed; we…
View the originalRecently, Keshet sat down for an interview with Shira Glassman, a queer Jewish fantasy writer whose many books and stories constitute the imaginative —and very Jewish, very queer — world of the Mangoverse. __ Tell me about what has inspired the fantasy world you’ve created in your writing and specifically, …
View the originalOur Jewish community is enriched by the diversity, resilience, and unique stories of our members. In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), we had the privilege of sitting down with Alaine Jolicoeur (she/her), an educator, advocate, and leader who has been openly living as a trans woman since 2012.…
View the originalThere is not just one story of Purim, but one of the many stories of Purim that is resonating with me this year is the story of the rapid shift from “אבל גדול ליהודים, צום ובכי ומספד/Great mourning for the Jews; as well as fasting, crying, and eulogies” (Esther 4:3)…
View the originalWe recently sat down with our colleague, Sage, Keshet Jews of Color Program Senior Manager, to discuss all of the amazing, groundbreaking work they have been up to. ___ You do such important and uplifting work in the world! In a moment of deep challenge, what about your work gives…
View the originalIn Just Like Queen Esther by Kerry Olitzky and Ari Moffic, Atara (a trans girl) loves to wear her crown — to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a girl, not a boy, like everyone…
View the originalBig role models can be small. I’m thinking about one friend of mine in particular who has so much to teach me. He’s two years old, and recently, he took a really scary fall backwards down the stairs. By some miracle, his mom caught him, and though he wasn’t hurt,…
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