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.
Home is Where Your Values Are: Or How Salem, Massachusetts has Come a Long Way Since 1692
When you think “Salem, Massachusetts” understanding and equality probably aren’t the first things that come to mind. My guess is ...
Parashat Vayikra Live and Let Leviticus: A Call to Gay Men
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
When My Daughter Came Out of the Closet, I Came Out Too
The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a community of parents and family members of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Jews who ...
The Purim Superhero & PJ Library: A Question of Inclusion
A year ago The Purim Superhero by Elisabeth Kushner, a story of a young boy named Nate struggling with his ...
The Power of Allies
On The Torch, Miryam Kabakov and Rabbi Steve Greenberg share why for both women and LGBT people, allies can make a real impact. ...
Parashat Pekudei: Building God’s Beautiful Bayit; or, Queer Eye for the Desert Mishkan
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Let’s Get The Conversation Started: LGBT Jews and Orthodox Communities
We are a group of observant, Orthodox families from across the United States, including Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New ...
Looking Back on a Year with The Purim Superhero
Get a copy of The Purim Superhero, the first Jewish children’s book with LGBT characters, in time for Purim. And, if ...
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: Love Should be about Inclusion
There is no doubt that love is in the air—as a hopeless romantic, Valentine’s Day is a holiday I always ...
The Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case: How One Case Could Change Everything
Rabbi (to be) Ari Naveh recently shared how he balances the line between being a gay rabbi—and a rabbi who ...