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Rabbi Levi Alter (he/him/his)
Rabbi
Orthodox (Haredi);Orthodox (Modern)
Oklahoma
United States

About

Orthodox rabbi sensitive to gender issues in halacha, Jewish practice, education, affirmation and inclusion. Available to rabbis, shul board members, yeshivah administrators, educators, professional providers, mikvah attendants, mohelim, and observant families for advisement on inclusive halacha and best practices for intersex and trans individuals in or from the Torah community. Referrals to Orthodox rabbis/courts for services I do not perform (conversions, weddings, divorces) and consultation and resources on same.

I may be reached through Keshet or Eshel.

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" to the following

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
  • Experience in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals
  • Experience officiating gender-expansive b-mitzvah
  • Familiar with gender-expansive Hebrew liturgical and linguistic options
  • Approaches the presence of LGBTQ+ people as the norm rather than an exception in Jewish communal life
  • Experience celebrating LGBTQ+ specific life-cycle rituals such as coming out and renaming
  • Person-centered and LGBTQ+ positive approach to Jewish law and tradition
  • Comfortable consistently using they/them pronouns and neopronouns
  • Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes
  • Experience in pastoral/spiritual care of LGBTQ+ individuals

Clergy answered "No" to the following

  • Experience officiating conversions for transgender and nonbinary individuals with a sensitivity to the wide range of relationships to gender and embodiment that transgender and nonbinary individuals may have
  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings