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Pesach Sheni and Gay Marriage? (Parashat Behaalotcha)

Parashat Beha’alotcha Pesach Sheni and Gay Marriage? Amy Soule Saturday June 11, 2011 9 Sivan 5771 Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 Hearing Minnesota state Representative Steve Simon’s defense of gay marriage last month left me smiling. He asked, “How many gay people must God create before we ask ourselves if God…

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Pastoral Issues for Marriage and Premarital Counseling

Working with a couple towards their chuppah is an opportunity to celebrate their relationship and affirm their role as full members of their Jewish community and the Jewish world at large. This is our chance as rabbis to communicate how welcome the couple is and that it is possible for…

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Marriage Ritual

What are the components of a classical Jewish wedding ceremony and how do these components intersect with a same-sex marriage ritual? This piece aims to provide a framework for thinking about same-sex marriage rituals by laying out the legal components of the traditional wedding ceremony. The classical ritual will provide…

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Enlarging Sacred Space: Ka’dusha & Same-Sex Marriages

The attitude of the Jewish renewal community to same-sex relationships is rooted in our sense that holiness is not a closed and limited commodity. For the Torah teaches, “Make sacred space for me to dwell, and I will be with you” (Ex. 25:8). This verse appears in that part of…

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5/6 – Outspoken Voices: Virtual Storytelling Circle

Let’s honor the 10th anniversary of marriage equality with Family Equality and LGBTQ+ families across the country as we enjoy a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of COMMITMENT. From black tie affairs to Canadian elopements—town hall weddings to commitment ceremonies—we want to hear how…

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Gendering God: A Trans Jewish Perspective with Joy Ladin

12:30 – 1pm: Light lunch 1-2pm: Joy Ladin presents 2-2:30pm: Discussion with Joy Meet Joy Ladin. She is Jewish and Trans. She is a widely published essayist and poet, as well as a nationally known speaker on transgender issues and Jewish spirituality. Her memoir Through the Door of Life: A Jewish…

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1/18 – Miami Jewish Film Festival – Janice Ian: Breaking SIlence

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence chronicles the singer’s epic life journey from her Jewish childhood on a chicken farm in New Jersey through the release of the disruptive album Breaking Silence, which she leveraged to come out publicly about her gay marriage. With access to Ian’s incredible body of music, her…

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