Gregg Drinkwater
Gregg Drinkwater was Colorado Regional Director of Keshet for several years. Prior to joining Keshet, he was the director of Jewish Mosaic and one of the organization’s three co-founders. He is the co-editor, with Dr. David Shneer and Rabbi Joshua Lesser, of the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible (NYU Press, September 2009), inspired by the online Torah commentary project launched by Jewish Mosaic in 2006, in collaboration with the World Congress of GLBT Jews. Drinkwater has served as a volunteer, board member or adviser to a wide range of Jewish, LGBT, and social justice organizations and is currently president of Limmud Colorado. Gregg is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in history at CU Boulder.
Articles by Gregg Drinkwater
Parashat Re’eh: Observe That Which I Enjoin Upon You
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
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 ...
A Champion for Inclusion
After nearly ten years of doing LGBT inclusion work in the Jewish LGBT community, first as the founding director of Jewish ...
Tazria-Metzora: Torah for World AIDS Day
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, we bring you a meditation on the connection between tzara’at, a ...
Orthodox and Coming Out…As an Ally
In January 2012, Keshet’s Director of Special Projects, Gregg Drinkwater, addressed audiences at Limmud Colorado, a conference dedicated to advancing ...