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A Conversation on Being Champions of Memory
Last week our Boston community sat down for a conversation with Ayala Katz, mother of one of the victims of the ...
A Jewish Mom and Her Daughter Talk LGBTQ Inclusion: Part II
You’ll love this mother-daughter team who have joined the inclusion efforts at Sha’aray Shalom! Jodi Tolman and her daughter Chloe participated in Keshet’s Boston Leadership Summit, putting their commitment to ...
A Jewish Mom and Her Daughter Talk LGBTQ Inclusion
You’ll love this mother-daughter team who have joined the inclusion efforts at Sha’aray Shalom! Jodi Tolman and her daughter Chloe participated in Keshet’s Boston Leadership Summit, putting their ...
I am a Queer Activist Because I am a Jew
I spend my workdays gathering and leveraging financial resources for grassroots community organizers and artists working at the intersection of ...
T’u B’Av: A Day of Love
Sarah is barren, Rachel is barren, Rivka is barren. As a single man, I too am barren, unable to conceive ...
Since Marrying Another Woman, I’ve Lost My Father but Gained Something Else
This week our friends at Kveller shared this painful story of a woman losing the support of her father after ...
When Anti-Semitism Hits Close to Home
Recently a friend of mine made a very astute point: “We’re from the Midwest. We don’t do conflict.”His offhanded comment ...
Just Your Typical Interfaith, Interethnic Two-Dad Family
Last week on the blog, S. Bear Bergman of the Flamingo Rampant Book Club issued a call for children’s books that ...
Maternal I Am: Unpacking a Word Synonymous with Mommyhood
I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...
My Daughter’s Gay Uncles
My brother is gay and his amazing boyfriend, Risto, is the newest member of our family. I never presented Risto ...