Explore our LGBTQ-affirming articles, rituals, and Torah commentaries to enrich your celebration of Passover.
In the mid-1980s, Susannah Heschel and feminist Jewish college students put an orange on their seder plate as a symbol of inclusion of gay and lesbian Jews. They were building…
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Holiday: Pesach Liberation and Transgender Jews by Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen Thursday April 13, 2006 15 Nisan, 5766 Exodus 12:21-51, Passover We prepare for the holiday of Passover in…
This one-page Haggadah insert is adapted from Mah Nishtana – A GLBTQ + Ally Haggadah, written in 2005. By Anonymous, Micah Buck, Kerry Chaplin, Makella Craelius, Elianna Goldstein, Rabbi Avi…
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At eleven years old, our child formally transitioned to her affirmed name and gender. This was more than a decade ago, and it was the first time an overnight Jewish summer camp had faced such a request. Keshet worked with camp leadership to prepare a welcoming environment. Later that year, The Forward published ‘How one transgender camper helped shape the entire Reform movement.’ That camper was Hannah. Keshet made it possible.
Tamar Gendler, Hamden, CT