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.
Vows and Thou
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Maternal I Am: Unpacking a Word Synonymous with Mommyhood
I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...
Freedom To Celebrate My Religion… and My Sexuality
Pride Month might be over, but celebrating one’s identity is a year long process. This post comes to us from London, ...
To Annul Patriarchy, One Verse at a Time
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
How My Wedding Made Me Feel More Jewish and More Gay
This week on Kveller, Rita Collins told her story of falling in love, facing discrimination, growing her family, and getting ...
My Daughter’s Gay Uncles
My brother is gay and his amazing boyfriend, Risto, is the newest member of our family. I never presented Risto ...
The Soul of Each and Every Individual
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Freedom & Community: It Turns Out America’s Birthday is Pretty LGBT Friendly.
The Fourth of July is one of those official summer milestones. No matter what part of the country you’re from, ...
Never/ Yes Again
On June 20th, 2014, Rabbi Ellen Lippmann offered the following words of prayer at the UJA-Federation’s “Community Conversation on LGBTQ Engagement,” ...
What Happens After June?
This past month, we shared stories of LGBT and Jewish Pride.We heard from Jordan, who reflected on how his LGBT identity ...