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Simchat Torah: Rejoice in Resources
With Simchat Torah around the corner, we’re thinking about the resources the Jewish community needs to be more inclusive, welcoming, and a safer environment ...
A New Normal
Summer is over and the excitement of my son Jonah’s longest ever stay at sleep-away camp, three weeks, is starting ...
Sukkot: A Time (and Place) for Welcoming
When Kathryn Macias joined the Boston Jewish community in the Keshet Sukkah this past week, she shared her thoughts on what it means to ...
Everyday I Come Out for my Child
Rabbi Ari Moffic, the Director of InterfaithFamily/Chicago, is a member of the Chicago Chapter of the Keshet Parent & Family Connection ...
What an Orthodox Rabbi Promises His Gay Children
Our friends at The Canteen shared an Orthodox Rabbi’s hopes and prayers for LGBTQ children. Rabbi Avi Orlow, the Director of Jewish ...
The Burden of Coming Out
In honor of National Coming Out Day, Keshet will be sharing and celebrating coming out stories throughout the month of October. ...
Pride on Yom Kippur? These Nice Jewish Girls Say ‘No Way’
It was a small miracle when the Northern Virginia Pride (NOVA) committee scheduled its first pride after three years of planning and ...
Ringing in the New Year as a Community
My niece just started Hebrew School. As someone who didn’t have a formal Jewish education as a kid, I’m pretty ...
Steps for Making Your Synagogue LGBTQ Inclusive: Preparing for Rosh Hashanah
With the High Holidays right around the corner, now is a great time to be thinking about the message your ...
Kol Yisrael Aravim Zeh Bazeh: All Israel Is Responsible for One Another
One of my family’s favorite Sarah Silverman routines plays on the Jewish habit of always claiming one of our own: ...
Beyond the Binary: Gender Fluidity
Curious about gender? Check out this program the Chicago branch of the Keshet Parent & Family Connection is running on gender ...
12 Months of Inclusion – 1 Month at a Time
Want to make your organization more inclusive? Take a look at the images you include in your materials- are you representing ...