Featured Cultivate a Culture of Belonging: Guidance for Synagogue Greeters Make sure you give a great first impression at your congregation this High Holiday season!
Featured What Pronouns Are, Why They Matter, and How to Get Them Right This primer includes an introduction to pronouns; guidance on how to use, share, and remember them; and tips for how to create space for other people to share them too.
Featured Statements of Inclusion and Non-Discrimination Policies Sample language for different inclusion and non-discrimination policies, which you can adapt, adopt, and share with your own organization.
Featured LGBTQ+ Jewish Safe Zone and Pride Stickers Displaying these LGBTQ+ Jewish Safe Zone and Pride stickers is an easy way to indicate your organization or classroom is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people.
Featured Seven Jewish Values for Inclusive Community Keshet's Seven Jewish Values for an Inclusive Community printable poster.
Featured Trans Jews Belong Here Printable Sign Print this sign to make it clear that your congregation, institution, or home is a place where trans Jews belong.
Featured LGBTQ+ Terminology A regularly updated glossary of basic terminology for LGBTQ+ sexual orientation and gender identity.
Dress Codes that Honor Everyone’s Dignity At Keshet, many school leaders reach out to us asking for guidance related to dress codes. This resource contains sample language we use that honors the dignity of all school community members.
Beyond the Checklist: Using the “4 I’s” Framework for LGBTQ+ Belonging in Jewish Communities When we train and educate Jewish institutions, we offer a framework, not a checklist — one that helps communities foster meaningful, lasting change.
Crafting Jewish Statements Affirming the Dignity of Transgender and Nonbinary People Explore these core considerations and sample language as you craft their own statements of affirmation.
Homophobia Hurts All of Us, Especially God Learn from Rabbi Mike Moskowitz about why discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community is an affront to life — and life's Source.
“Small” Actions, Big Impacts: Microaggressions What are microaggressions? What are anti-LGBTQ+ microaggressions? Use this resource to teach your community.
A Guide to Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Forms and Collecting the Right Data By creating forms and data collection tools that are inclusive, you can go a long way towards building a community of belonging.
Kol B’mishpachat Elohim: A Jewish Guide for Creating Allies for Our LGBT Families This guide is intended to help make your congregation a welcoming place for LGBT families.
Kol Echad: A Guide for Jewish Institutions Interested in Becoming More Inclusive of LGBTQ Families A comprehensive guide to creating more LGBTQ inclusive Jewish institutions.
Institutional Self-Assessment/Audit Tool for LGBTQ Inclusion A tool to help identify what your community is or isn't doing as it relates to LGBTQ inclusion.
What to Do When a Teen Comes Out to You Some concrete suggestions to consider when a teenager comes out to you.
Becoming a Welcoming Institution Practical suggestions for your staff and greeters to help your Jewish institution become more welcoming to your diverse Jewish community.
Supporting LGBTQ Youth During COVID-19 A resource for people working with teens that provides advice on supporting LGBTQ youth during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating LGBTQ-affirming online spaces.
Community Belonging Guide for Synagogues A collection of best practices for making a synagogue more LGBTQ+ inclusive.
Affirmative Interpretive Translation of Leviticus 18:22 An insert with a new interpretation for Levitcus 18:22
Creating an LGBTQ Inclusive Community Since 2001, Keshet has been working for the full equality and inclusion of LGBTQ Jews in Jewish life. Here are the stories of some of the people that make this work possible.
Community Belonging Guide for Synagogue Religious Schools or Community Schools (Non Day School) An overview of best practices to make your religious or community school more LGBTQ inclusive.
For You Too Were a Stranger: Becoming an LGBTQ Ally Remarks given at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts by Daniel Bahner, Keshet’s National Director of Education and training, which focus on the importance of being an ally.
Oy Vey! The Rabbi is Gay! A gay-positive short story for children about a congregation whose new rabbi turns out to be gay.
A Quick Guide for LGBTQ+ Belonging This guide gives quick tips and information on creating a community of belonging where everyone can feel seen, heard, and whole.
ALEPH Statement of Principles ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal’s official inclusion statement which includes sexual orientation or gender identity.
