The seed is hope for a better futureThe trunk is strength we get from the pastThe roots are what bind us togetherThe fruit reminds us to keep dreaming After a ten year journey, I will finally be having top surgery this Tu B’Shvat, the new year for the trees. It’s…
View the originalThese days, the only thing I feel certain about in our country is that nothing at all is certain. As I watch the new administration swiftly and deliberately attempt to dismantle decades of hard work for social justice, the scope of what and who may soon be targeted by hateful…
View the originalYesterday was a tough day — kicking off a tough week, and likely, a very tough four years. And yet, yesterday we honored a legacy of justice and resilience that reminds us: we come from generations of powerful resistance. Yes. We are gutted by the direction that the new President laid…
View the originalIn mid-November at Keshet’s Shabbaton in Texas for LGBTQ+ & Ally Jewish youth, participants were prompted to answer the following prompt on sticky notes: Something I want adults in my family/school/Jewish community to know about the impacts of the election on me is: Here is what they wrote: As we…
View the originalOur hearts remain broken. Our rage still simmers. The outcome of the election points to an alarming impact on LGBTQ+ people, Jews, and all of us. In the midst of our grief and rage we are also galvanized. We at Keshet are more committed than ever to the work we do…
View the originalJaimie Krass, Keshet’s Director of Youth Programs, someone who sees the cup half full and a self-proclaimed Keshet superfan, is devoted to lifting up young voices and fighting adultism through her work. Her zeal for creating strong communities for LGTBQ+ Jewish teens (and thousands of hours volunteering for the Trevor…
View the originalWe recently sat down for an interview with translator and poet, Mildred Faintley, about her new translation of the poetry collection, Styx, the Poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler. Keshet: Tell us about Else Lasker-Schüler and how your translation of her poetry came to be. I’m very interested in poetry by Jewish…
View the originalA year ago today, my family and I were together with close friends in the Adirondack Mountains. As both families are Israeli-Americans with many family members and friends in Israel, our phones began to ping early that morning. The four adults talked quietly in the kitchen, not wanting to scare…
View the originalOn Yom Kippur, it is customary to hear the Book of Jonah chanted as the haftarah for the afternoon service. In the book, the eponymous Jonah is tasked by G-d to deliver a prophecy to the people of the city of Nineveh: they are behaving wickedly, and if they do…
View the originalHow can we find meaning and connection between two events that seem to be almost polar opposites? This is a question that many LGBTQ+ Jews may wrestle with this October 11. Yom Kippur, our day of atonement, which can feel so serious, happens to fall upon the same day as National…
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