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Meet Lenny Goldstein!

Keshet intern, Nuriel Gutman, recently sat down for an interview with Lenny Goldstein—avid cyclist, ambivalent spreadsheet expert, and, most notably, Keshet’s Chief Financial Officer since 2017.  What inspired you to work at Keshet?  Unfortunately, Keshet didn’t exist when I was young. I came of age as a gay man at…

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6/6 – Movies That Matter – “Freedom to Marry”

Join the City of Fort Worth and community partners at a free screening of “Freedom to Marry,” a 2016 documentary that traces the marriage equality movement’s historic progress and reveals its masterminds as they lead the fight to win same-sex marriage throughout the United States. After the screening, stay for…

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This Is How Trans Jews Survive

Dear Transgender Jew (or ally), As a trans Jew, myself, I have experienced some of the difficulties as well as moments of joy that come with existing in the intersection of transness and Jewishness. Yet, despite the growing breadth of literature on gay, lesbian, and other queer-identifying Jews, there’s still…

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Taking a Leap of Faith

As I completed grad school in 2011 with a Master of Social Work, I vividly remember my professors urging us to choose career paths where we could enact profound change within our own communities. Their words resonated deeply with me as a young Jewish woman. I wanted to apply my…

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The Hopefulness of Mourning LGBTQ Losses

The year was 1997. I was sitting on a purple futon next to my girlfriend surrounded by a circle of our friends, eating tabouli salad and messy crying.  I was 23 years old and we had just seen Ellen DeGeneres come out on national television as a lesbian. Even for…

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We Can’t Stop Fighting

Four years ago, I stood outside of Stonewall, the place where the movement for LGBTQ+ rights was ignited, and said to my best friend, “Promise me in fifty years, wherever we are, we’ll come back for the 100th anniversary.”  Growing up queer in New York, Greenwich Village was one of…

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Florida is My Home

I have lived in Florida my entire life. I am a product of Florida public schools and a close-knit Jewish community. I remember growing up and knowing I was gay in kindergarten. I don’t even know how I knew, considering I had never seen or heard about LGBTQ+ people before.…

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