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What Should Your Rabbi Talk About?
Tisha B’Av (Aug. 5th), which commemorates the destruction of the Temple also marks the seven week countdown to Rosh Hashanah. ...
What Does Inclusion Look Like?
Last week I stood in a room full of Jewish leaders who made me hopeful about the future of the ...
Life as a Female Semicha Student
When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...
Why I’m Proud, but Wary
In June of 2001, when I was 16 years old, I went to my very first New York City Pride ...
By The Power Vested in Me By The Commonwealth of Massachusetts! : 10 Years of Marriage Equality in MA
As we celebrate the ten year anniversary of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, we’ve invited members of the community to ...
Southern Seders on the Passover Pilgrimage
Right now, Rabbi Matt Dreffin and Rabbi Marshal Klaven are in the midst of the Passover Pilgrimage, journeying to communities ...
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 ...
Purim: Inside Out
Purim is about concealment. More specifically, it is about movement from the covert to the overt. There is a sustained ...
My Journey from the Closet to the Pulpit
Inspired by Ari Naveh’s reflections on joining the rabbinate as a gay man, Elianna Yolkut looks back on her own ...