Gender & Sexuality
Bind These Words
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Jewish, LGBT And Looking For…: Your One-Stop Shop for Jewish Institutions
Looking for a day school that offers materials listing “Parent 1/Parent 2” instead of “Mother/Father”?Want to find a synagogue that ...
Joy Ladin’s Door of Life
Talking to Joy Ladin is like speaking with your favorite professor from college — the one who wove words in ...
Say Hello to “Bye June”
It’s not a stretch to call it an Internet sensation — a gorgeous music video about two (same-sex) swans who ...
History, Memory and the Making of Community
Each week Jews read sections of the Torah, known as parshiyot, inspiring endless examination year after year. Each week we we ...
A Queer Jewish Summer Reading List
It’s summertime, and the days are long —what better time to catch up a little on your reading? Writer Chanel ...
Imagine
Rosh Chodesh Av 5772 – the first day of the new month of Av on July 20, 2012, and here ...
A Voice in the Desert: An Interview with Linda Sue Friedman
This summer, Chaplain Linda Sue Friedman was installed as President of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico — the first ...
Harvey Milk Hits (Off) Broadway: A Q&A with Lesléa Newman
A retired kosher butcher, his young lesbian writing teacher, and a letter from the heart: Lesléa Newman’s short story, “A ...
Documenting Queer Jews: An Interview with Caryn Aviv
In June 2002, Queer Jews came out in a big way. A collection of essays, memoirs and cultural analysis co-edited ...
The Maid of Ludomir
A Queer Ancestor in the Butch-Trans Border WarAs the month of Tammuz draws to a close, we have the opportunity ...
Rabbis Speak Out for Equality
On July 1st, Massachusetts moved one step closer to living up to its reputation as the birthplace of democracy – ...