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.
Tu B’Av: Day of Love
Tu B’Av is a little-known Jewish holiday, coming just six days after the mournful commemoration of tragedy during Tisha B’Av. ...
Parashat Matot and Parashat Masei: Speaking Truth in This World
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
What Happens When Pride Month Ends?
I’m still reeling from yesterday’s amazing news. And I’m so incredibly proud and inspired to see so many LGBTQ Jews ...
Mazel Tov! DOMA and Prop 8 are struck down
Two years ago this summer, I stood under a chuppah (marriage canopy) with my wife. Because we live in Massachusetts, ...
Transforming Stories
A Small Revolution in a Synagogue Book GroupThis past January, Hebrew College invited poet and scholar Joy Ladin to speak ...
Parashat Pinchas: The Wife of Moses, the Mother of Pinchas and other Midianites
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
She Is Who He Is
When teens transitions to a new gender, what happens to the rest of the family? In November, we shared a ...
Rabbi Jason Klein, Groundbreaker
This spring, Rabbi Jason Klein was elected to lead the Reconstructionist movement’s rabbinic association, making him the first out gay ...
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. ...
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 ...