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Day of Silence and the Power to Speak
When she was only in sixth grade, Caroline came to Keshet with an idea: organizing an official Day of Silence at ...
Among LGBT Jews & Their Allies, Leviticus is a Dirty Word
Many LGBT Jews and allies find Leviticus to be challenging. Here is one rabbi’s reading of the passage. More can ...
Coming Out at Shabbat Dinner
Coming out is hard. Coming out to your family at Shabbat dinner is really hard. Take a look at how ...
I’m the Good Jewish Doctor your Grandparents Always Envisioned You Would Marry
I’m the good Jewish doctor your grandparents always envisioned you would marry.Well, sort of.Perhaps they didn’t anticipate that I’d be ...
Jews Have an Obligation to Accept, Protect, and Value
I am a Modern Orthodox Jew. As a Jewish educator, I have written, spoken and taught about homosexuality and our ...
Obamacare & You: Why the ACA Is Good for the Gays, and What More It Needs To Do
Rabbi (to be) Ari Naveh recently shared how he balances the line between being a gay rabbi—and a rabbi who ...
Looking Forward and Looking Back: On Friendships and Transitions
When Jordyn & Becky first met, they were just starting college. Jordyn had dredlocks. Becky’s time was split between the ...
Parashat Shemini: The Way of Strange Fire
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Vayikra, And God Called Out: An Invitation to Gender Justice
This past Saturday, Keshet Staff Member Joanna Ware joined Temple Hillel B’nai Torah to deliver a d’var Torah on gender ...
Prideful Purim Picks
Purim’s less than a week away, so we’re busy making rainbow hamantaschen and rereading The Purim Superhero , by Elisabeth ...
Adventures in Rainbows & Hamantaschen
A few weeks ago a recipe started making rounds on the Internet. Not just any recipe, but a recipe for ...
Purim: Inside Out
Purim is about concealment. More specifically, it is about movement from the covert to the overt. There is a sustained ...