Keshet
Keshet is a national organization that works for LGBTQ equality in Jewish life. The organization equips Jewish leaders with tools to build LGBTQ-affirming communities, creates spaces for queer Jewish teens to feel valued and develop their own leadership skills, and mobilizes the Jewish community to fight for LGBTQ justice. Keshet’s blog spotlights this work, as well as the voices of LGBTQ Jews, our families, and allies.
The North Carolina Jewish Federations Stand Together for LGBTQ Inclusion
The Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly (GA) in Washington, D.C. is an annual conference of thousands of ...
Reflections from an Orthodox Rabbi with a Trans Child
I’m writing this as the father of a transgender child, who feels constricted in a space too narrow to accept ...
Coming Out L’dor V’dor: Different Expectations for Different Generations
Until my grandfather’s death in July, I’d only attended one funeral. It was for a friend’s father in the seventh ...
Voting for Our Future: How LGBTQ Jews can Support Others
The Jewish New Year is a time of personal reflection. During the High Holidays, we reflected on the past year, ...
A Moonstone for the Feast of Tabernacles: Celebrating Sukkot as a part of a Jewish and Queer Community
The theory of a sukkah feels queer to me – a temporary, self-built space for the purpose of shelter, but ...
Sukkot and Simchat Torah: Resources and Reflections
This year we’ve rounded up a menu of our past Sukkot and Simchat Torah posts for you to explore. Below you’ll find resource guides, rabbinical ...
Coming Out for my Transgender Daughter
There it sat and it had sat for a very long time. We felt exhausted, vulnerable, and full of anxiety. ...
What are you going to do to make the whole world a safe zone?
We mark time, Jewishly, through the cycle of the Jewish calendar and holidays. Each month and holiday poses questions for ...
Goals and Hopes During Elul
It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...
Being Terrified, But Never Terrorized, In an LGBTQ Nightclub
In 2006, at age 23, I went to a gay bar for the first time.I went by myself, because I ...