2013

Parashat Balak: Something Queer in the Vineyards

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Summer Lovin’ – Samantha & Brian

SAMANTHA & BRIAN ISENSTEIN When/how/where at camp did you meet? We met in the picnic grove during lunch, on the ...

Queer Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families

I n honor of Father’s/Fathers’ Day, we bring you Gregg Drinkwater’s essay on being a gay dad. You can read ...

Meeting Mississippi, For Real

This post is from a new staff member, 2013-2015 ISJL Education Fellow Lex Rofes.A few weeks ago, I listened intently ...

Why Time Isn’t Money

We often tend to use the same language for time as we use for money. We “spend” it. We “save” ...

Crossing Delancey: Royal Young on Lee Brozgold

My father’s artwork was always how I made sense of the world around me. The sometimes scary, ghetto Lower East ...

Aleph, Bet…

I remember being a little kid, maybe four or five, when my dad sat me down with a workbook and ...

Transmission of Torah: For Jews Only?

According to the National Jewish Population Survey, there are approximately 1.5 million non-Jews helping to raise Jewish families in the ...

From Shtetl to Star: A Jewish Tradition of Changing Names

I changed my name from Hazak Brozgold to Royal Young when I was 20 years old. I was a drunk ...

Out at Shul… and No Big Deal

A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children. When a child comes out, a coming out process begins ...

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