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Parashat Acharei Mot Returning to Mitzrayim by Rachel Barenblat on Saturday April 19, 2008 14 Nisan 5768 Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30, Pesach Baseball season recently started up again. For me, the beginning of baseball season is the appropriate time to read Acharei Mot, the knuckleball of all Torah portions. Like…
Read moreParashat B’midbar “Queer” Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families [REPRINT] by Gregg Drinkwater on Friday May 22, 2009 28 Iyar, 5769 Numbers 1:1-4:20 [This Torah Queery was originally published in May, 2006.] The Book of Numbers opens with the voice of God, commanding Moses to conduct a census of…
Read moreParashat Nitzavim Queer Authority by Amy Soule on Friday September 24, 2010 16 Tishrei 5771 Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20 Coming to Parashiyot Nitzavim and Vayeilech means we have almost come full circle in our annual Torah readings. Throughout these portions many surprising affirmations surface for anyone who might describe themselves…
Read moreParshat Beshallach; Exodus 13:17-17:16 By Rabbi Denise Eger The Children of Israel are finally on their way out from Egypt and servitude and slavery with the arrival of this week’s portion- Beshallach. Our portion begins with a caution about the path that God would send them on. It says, “The…
Read moreParashat Vayikra Not a Deathly Hallows: A Year of Queer Torah by Noach Dzmura on Friday March 27, 2009 2 Nisan 5769 Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 Parashat Vayikra begins the book of Leviticus, which contains a set of processes through which the intrepid desert wanderers hallow themselves to grow close…
Read moreParashat B’reshit B’reshit and bashert: in our beginning, all kinds of love were sanctified by Amy Soule on Friday October 16, 2009 28 Tishrei 5770 Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 So God created humankind in God’s own image; in the image of God humanity was created; male and female God created…
Read moreParashat Lech Lecha Go Forth to Celebrate Your Gay Family by Melissa B. Simon on Friday November 07, 2008 9 Cheshvan 5769 Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 The gay community, it seems, is in the midst of a bit of a baby boom. Given increasing access to sperm donation, surrogacy, and…
Read moreParashat Vayechi May God Make You Like Ephraim and Manasseh by David Levy on Saturday December 22, 2007 13 Tevet 5768 Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 So [Jacob] blessed them that day, saving, “By you shall Israel invoke blessings, saying: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” (Genesis 48:20) Every…
Read moreParashat Balak Balak and Balaam: Language and Knowledge, Speech and Power by Jeremy Schwartz on Friday July 11, 2008 8 Tammuz 5768 Numbers 22:2 – 25:9 Parshat Balak is a story about speech: who has the power of the tongue, and what impact words can have. Balak, the king…
Read moreA Guide for LGBTQ+ Belonging for Synagogue Religious Schools or Community Schools (Non Day School) Below you will find several suggestions for how to make your Jewish supplemental school a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning students, and those who have LGBTQ…
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