Sermons/Talks

Suggestions, themes, and resources for clergy planning to give a sermon about or related to Pride Month.

Prayer in English by Rabbi Reuben Zellman on the occasion of Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A sermon for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A sermon delivered on Rosh Hashanah eve using twilight as a metaphor for transgender people, remarking on the holiness of intermediate space.

A complete Pride Shabbat service.

A ritual to add to the Passover seder about marriage equality.

This drash was presented at the Chicago Pride Havdalah in 2021. It discusses liminal spaces - the in-betweenness of Shabbat and the week, the tensions of forming community virtually, and the ongoing work for LGBTQ belonging.

A sermon which highlights both the threatening and liberating possibilities of blurring lines and identities.

A Torah Queery connecting the Hebrew's drive for liberation with LGBTQ people.

A sermon by Rabbi Denise Eger exploring the Leviticus texts uses to prohibit gay sex, focusing on a teshuvah (responsa) written by several Conservative rabbis.

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.

A sermon exploring the experiences of transgender people and Jewish texts.