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Day of Silence: Resources for the Jewish Community
One day each year, students across the country pledge to take some form of silence. In the hallways, in the cafeteria, they ...
Fear, Perception, and Imagination: Grasshoppers in Whose Eyes?
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
It’s the Purity, Stupid: Reading Leviticus in Context
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Tachlis of Inclusion: Congregation Beth Shalom of Seattle
Creating inclusive Jewish spaces is a great goal — but how do you do it? While the answer is likely ...
Sarah Tuttle-Singer on Jewrotica
There’s a new player on the Jewish blog scene, and it’s not holding back. Jewrotica is a “pluralistic and sex-positive organization ...
The Kavannah for Gay Ordination
On March 26, 2007, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the legal and spiritual center for Conservative Judaism in America, ...
Keeping Safe Spaces Safe
“If it doesn’t bring more love into the world, it probably isn’t religion.” The date was October 13, 2010, and ...
Passover, Memories, and the Power of Storytelling
It was exactly two years ago that I opened the door to a meeting of the Keshet Beit Midrash for ...
Transgendered Hearts: Abraham, Sarah and Isaac
The Torah is strewn with transgendered hearts. How can that be true? The Torah, as we know, is not written ...
Golda Och Academy Bans the Scouts, Stands for Inclusion
“To exclude same-sex families from membership and adult volunteerism is in direct contradiction of school policies, which place high value ...
Four Allies, Four Questions: A Hagaddah Insert
This insert was created by the Keshet Parent & Family Connection. We provide confidential support to other parents of LGBTQ ...
Parashat Tsav: “It Must Not Go Out”
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...