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Parashat Vayeshev Lie With Me by Joseph Shapiro on Friday December 19, 2008 22 Kislev 5769 Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 Joseph’s looks and handsome figure Had attracted her attention Every morning she would beckon ‘Come and lie with me love’ Joseph wanted to resist her, Till one day she…
Read moreA Guide for LGBTQ+ Belonging for Jewish Summer Camps Below you will find several suggestions for how to make your Jewish summer camp a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer campers, and those who have LGBTQ+ parents and family members. These suggestions are…
Read moreA Guide for LGBTQ+ Belonging for Jewish Youth Groups Below you will find several suggestions for how to make your youth group a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning teens, and those who have LGBTQ+ parents and family members. These suggestions are…
Read moreParashat Vayetzei Four Mothers, Four stories. Four legacies? by Karen Perolman on Friday December 05, 2008 8 Kislev 5769 Genesis 28:10-32:3 In this week’s parsha, Vayetzei, we meet four women who gave birth to the Jewish people. One of the mothers was beloved but barren and one was…
Read moreParashat Vayishlach Deena Has Four Mommies: Tales of Co-parenting in TaNaCh by Miryam Kabakov on Saturday November 20, 2010 13 Kislev 5771 Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 Looking up, Jacob saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. He divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maids, putting…
Read moreAugust, 5, 2017 Temple Emanuel For You Too Were a Stranger: Becoming an Ally to LGBTQ Community, by Daniel Bahner Good Shabbos everyone! Thank you, very much, for welcoming me to your community! I want to especially thank Rabbi Robinson and Rabbi Gardenswartz for extending the invitation! As you read…
Read moreParashat Pinchas A New Vision of the Scapegoat by Ri Turner on Friday July 18, 2008 15 Tammuz Numbers 25:10-30:1 When people write drashot about Parashat Pinchas, they often write about the amazing story of a murderer who is rewarded by G-d. However, Parashat Pinchas offers almost five entire…
Read moreParashat Vaetchanan A Less Innocent Love by Jay Michaelson on Saturday August 05, 2006 11 Av 5766 Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11, Shabbat Nachamu A tension: We are commanded, in Parashat Vaetchanan, to love God with all our heart, soul, and might – v’ahavta et adonai elohecha b’chol levavcha, b’chol nafshecha, u’vchol me’odecha.…
Read moreA Few Words on the Language of Kiddushin Rabbi Ayelet Cohen For most couples who are familiar with the Jewish wedding ceremony, “harei at mekudeshet li” is powerfully resonant. I have found that for many couples it is emotionally significant to say those words – it makes them “feel” married.…
Read moreEvery Body Worship Parashat Emor by Rabbi Joshua Lesser on Friday May 08, 2009 15 Iyar 5769 Leviticus 21:1-24:23 An Israeli friend of mine had a provocative part-time job as a “selector” for TLV, a gay nightclub in Tel Aviv. He would point to people waiting behind the velvet rope…
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