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Queer Jewish Ancestors: The Story of Ben Rosenstein z”l – Video and Discussion Guides

What does queer dignity in death look like? How can Jewish communities honor LGBTQ+ members in their passing? The story of Ben Rosenstein offers an entry point into these questions
Joyful Song: A Naming Story—An Interview with Lesléa Newman

Renowned author Lesléa Newman has written a fantastic new children's book just in time for Pride and we want you to know about it!
Celebrating the Age of Mitzvah: A Guide for all Genders

Concrete suggestions and best practices to design and support affirming B'Mitzvah celebrations.
Wedding Ceremony for Two Men

Suggested ritual for a wedding ceremony for two men, including a rewritten Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings).
Egalitarian and Queer Inclusive Bentcher

A bentcher that uses non-gendered language for God.
A Few Words on the Language of Kiddushin and Sheva Brachot

The author offers changes to a marriage ritual to make it more inclusive and affirming for LGBTQ people.
What’s Different about Gay Wedding Ceremonies?

A secular-humanist Rabbi discuss the differences and commonallities between same gender and different gender weddings.
Trans/Gender Queer Jewish Wedding Service

A template and discussion on how to hold a queer affirming wedding ritual.
Pastoral Issues for Marriage and Premarital Counseling

Rabbi Cohen, who served an LGBTQ congregation for ten years, looks at pastoral issues that might emerge as couples prepare for their wedding.
Marriage Ritual for LGBTQ+ Couples

This article discusses a framework for thinking about same gender weddings.
Including Sheva Berachot in Commitment Ceremonies

A discussion and guide on how to include the Sheva Berachot in a Queer wedding.
Enlarging Sacred Space: Ka’dusha & Same-Sex Marriages

A statement from the Jewish Renewal community on the importance of women and LGBTQ in the leadership pof their movement.
A Covenant of Same-Sex Nisu’in and Kiddushin

The author explores the details of traditional Jewish wedding ceremonies according to Jewish law and provides a detailed adaptation for Queer couples to use.
Speaking Out for LGBTQ+ Rights as a Jewish Teen

Learn how you can get involved as a teen dedicated to LGBTQ+ equality.
Toward a Gender-Inclusive Hevra Kadisha

This document, provided by the Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston, works to provide a framework for inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming Jews in traditional Jewish death and burial practices.
Who Would Moses Marry? (Parashat Bo)

This Torah Queery reflects on the ways in which Moses would have been an ally to the LGBTQ community.
Pesach Sheni and Gay Marriage? (Parashat Behaalotcha)

This Torah Queery draws an analogy between the celebration Pesach Sheni (second Passover) and the allowance of LGBTQ marriage
B’reshit and Bashert: in our beginning all kinds of love were sanctified (Parashat B’reshit)

A Torah Queery that offers a reinterpretation of the Creation story which includes multple gender identities and sexual orientations.