Weddings & Marriage
Queer Jewish Dating
What does it mean to be Jewish and queer? What about dating queer and Jewish? Does it make a difference? ...
What Happens When Pride Month Ends?
I’m still reeling from yesterday’s amazing news. And I’m so incredibly proud and inspired to see so many LGBTQ Jews ...
Mazel Tov! DOMA and Prop 8 are struck down
Two years ago this summer, I stood under a chuppah (marriage canopy) with my wife. Because we live in Massachusetts, ...
Overturning DOMA and the blessing of being seen
This morning I waited until the Supreme Court convened before posting here. Elation is the feeling that many of us ...
Interfaith families bringing new realities to Jewish communal life
I’m a big fan of Julie Weiner’s blog at The Jewish Week. It’s one of those blogs that I read ...
Being Truly Present
Ask anyone who knows me and he or she will tell you that I love my social media.Yes, I’m one ...
Let Us Come Home
Dan Brotman is a gay man from Massachusetts. So, legally, he can marry his fiancé, Keith. The only catch is ...
A Rabbi Reflects on the Journey Towards Marriage Equality
We in the Jewish community just spent forty-nine days counting the Omer, the period from liberation to revelation, from leaving ...
The Torah of second chances
A couple of years ago, after several years of trying to get all the way through the counting of the ...
Modeling Respect on Lag B’Omer
According to Jewish Law it is the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer ...
What is the Story?
The Mothers is the first book I’ve written that does not primarily consist of Jewish characters. It’s a little weird that ...
Unleavened Equality
I will never forget the moment when my daughter came out. She was 5 years old. We were eating dinner ...