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Rabbi Kelly Levy (she/her)
Rabbi
Reform
Congregation Beth Israel
Austin, Texas
United States

About

One of the biggest goals in my rabbinate is to create a welcoming, warm space for all who enter. I firmly believe that Judaism should be accessible to any person seeking to deepen their connection and faith, and I will provide support and guidance to anyone seeking to strengthen their ties to the Jewish community and faith practices through learning, lifecycle events, and more. I've been blessed to work with people from an expansive number of backgrounds and look forward to supporting more individuals and families as they further embrace their Jewish identities.

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" to the following

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
  • 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 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
  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings