Gender & Sexuality
We’re Still Figuring Out What A Rabbi Looks Like
After you read this paragraph, close your eyes for a minute and picture a rabbi.Where is this rabbi?What is the ...
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 ...
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 ...
A New Purim Hero?
This year on Purim, several minyanim in the U.S. and in Israel will be reading the Megillah with a twist. ...
Adventures in Rainbows & Hamantaschen
A few weeks ago a recipe started making rounds on the Internet. Not just any recipe, but a recipe for ...
What Does the Boston City Council Have to Do with Arizona?
Last week Josh Zakim, son of the famous Jewish-American religious and civil rights leader Lenny Zakim, did something pretty fantastic. ...
When “Deeply Held Religious Beliefs” Spell Discrimination
Mississippi’s state legislature is debating a bill that critics say would allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT people. Lex Rofes, ...
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 ...
One Student’s Ordination Affects Us All
Yeshiva University’s recent decision to withhold semicha (rabbinic ordination) from one of its about-to-graduate rabbis because of his participation in ...